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Asian stocks rose Tuesday after Wall Street gained on a jump in crude prices and expectations the Federal Reserve will put off an interest rate hike until late in the year.

Have stock markets returned to an upside down, ‘bad news is good news’ dynamic?

The bull market slowed to a trot but didn't stop this winter.

Ben Bernanke no longer leads the Federal Reserve, but he's hardly letting up in his defense of the ultra-low-rate policies he engineered — and his successor, Janet Yellen, has continued.

Asian markets were mostly higher Monday as investors digested Fed chief Janet Yellen's comments signaling U.S. interest rates were expected to rise sometime this year but when they did they would do so gradually.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says continued improvement in the U.S. economy means an increase in the Fed's key interest rate could come later this year.

All times are Eastern WEDNESDAY, April 1 WASHINGTON — Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for March, 10 a.m.; Commerce Department releases construction spending for February, 10 a.m.

The Labor Department reports on February consumer prices Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

Asian stock markets rose Monday following Wall Street's gains amid expectations global central banks will hold off raising interest rates.

The Commerce Department reports on the U.S. current account trade deficit for the October-December quarter.

Nobody knows when exactly, but the day will eventually come when the Federal Reserve nudges its benchmark lending rate from next to zero to something slightly higher.

U.S. stocks opened lower Wednesday ahead of the conclusion of a key Federal Reserve meeting.

The Federal Reserve forecasts that the U.S. unemployment rate can now fall further without spurring inflation, a sign that it may move slowly in raising interest rates.

Stocks and bonds are rallying after the Federal Reserve indicated that it's not in a hurry to raise interest rates.

A comparison of the Federal Reserve's statements from its two-day meeting that ended Wednesday and its meeting January 27-28: INTEREST RATES: Now: The Fed no longer says it can be patient about raising rates: "Consistent with its previous statement, the (Fed) judges that an increase in the target range for the federal funds rate remains unlikely at the April FOMC meeting.

Stocks and bonds rallied Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated that it's not in a hurry to raise interest rates.

Below is the statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday after its policy meeting ended: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic growth has moderated somewhat.

The Federal Reserve is signaling that it's edging closer to raising interest rates from record lows in light of a strengthening job market.

Federal Reserve officials are about to address a question investors have been mulling for weeks: Do they remain "patient" about raising interest rates? The answer will come around 2 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, when the Fed will issue a statement after its latest policy meeting ends and in a news conference to follow with Chair Janet Yellen.

U.S. stock indexes fell shortly after the opening of trading Tuesday as oil prices continue to slump and investors wait for clues about when the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates.