Federal Reserve

The Fed provided clarification to its rate hike guidance, a situation increasingly cloudy as the unemployment rate dropped in recent months.

The focus of Federal Reserve policy makers meeting this week has likely shifted away from tapering bond purchases toward the timing for eventually raising interest rates.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to continue scaling back its easy-money programs when it meets on Tuesday and Wednesday, the highlight of next week’s economic calendar.

The Fed is reportedly moving away from its original plan to unwind the unprecedented easing program it launched after the 2008 financial crisis. 

Brrr: Snow and extremely cold weather across much of the U.S. last month likely put a cold spell on hiring ... but it probably wont shake the Fed.

Banking regulators issued final stress test guidance for medium-sized firms, saying banks that size are not subject to the same rules as so-called ‘too big to fail’ banks.

Banks continue to grapple with a constantly-changing series of regulatory reforms and a new report suggests the lingering uncertainty is taking its toll. 

As the Fed unwinds its unprecedented easy-money policies market volatility is a sure bet. My advice to average investors: ignore it.  

The Fed on March 20 will release the results of the latest round of stress tests conducted on the largest U.S. banks to determine how prepared the banks are to withstand another financial crisis.

Transcripts from 2008 Fed meetings divulge publicly, for the first time, details of decisions made by the central bank during the height of the financial crisis.

The Federal Reserve has adopted several new rules aimed at reducing the amount of risk taken by the world’s largest banks in an effort to prevent another financial crisis.

Notes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting, housing data and a smattering of earnings highlight next week’s economic calendar. All U.S. securities markets are closed on Monday for President's Day.

Janet Yellen’s first appearance before a Congressional committee as Fed chair is likely to be a bit more contentious than her nomination hearings.

The highlight of next week’s economic calendar will almost certainly be Janet Yellen’s testimony before Congress, her first as the newly-installed head of the Federal Reserve.

Dallas Fed chief Richard Fischer said in an exclusive interview on FOX Business that the current selloff in stock markets won’t deter his support for tapering the Fed’s monthly bond purchases.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will join the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based policy think tank, beginning on Monday.

The release of the January jobs report next week may draw attention away from turmoil in emerging markets.  

Emerging markets are in a panic and job growth in the U.S. hit a significant snag last month. Nevertheless, the Federal Reserve is bullish on America.

The Fed didn’t let a lousy jobs report or recent turbulence in emerging markets get in the way of its plan to gradually scale back its easy-money policies.

While the knee-jerk reaction is to blame the Fed for the recent turbulence in emerging markets, a closer look reveals a number of other factors.