Federal Reserve

The global economy has stumbled, and financial markets have endured some stomach-churning moments.

The $4 trillion experiment is almost over.

Soaring inflation.

Global stocks were mostly higher Tuesday as investors looked ahead to this week's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.

The global economy has slumped.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the last several decades have seen the most sustained rise in income inequality in a century.

The Federal Reserve may be flip-flopping its position on ending its bond buying program almost on a daily basis.

The bottom line Asman says is that Fisher believes that a healthy market can withstand a market selloff. Said Fisher: “a market correction doesn’t mean the economy is in trouble.”

The Obama administration says China's currency remains "significantly undervalued," but the administration does not cite China or any other country for unfairly manipulating its currency to gain trade advantages.

South Korea's central bank has lowered its key interest rate to a record low as it tries to bolster a fragile economic recovery.

Just as the U.S. job market has finally strengthened, the Federal Reserve now confronts a new worry: A sputtering global economy that's spooked investors across the world.

The U.S. stock market is rising sharply after the Federal Reserve signaled that it's not in a hurry to raise interest rates.

Former top regulator Timothy Geithner defended terms of the U.S. government's bailout of American International Group Inc., saying the insurance giant's exceptionally risky behavior had caused losses that called for strict treatment.

Markets in Japan and Hong Kong rose Monday on strong U.S. jobs data but other Asian markets were lower as investors looked to the U.S. Federal Reserve for signs of when it might raise interest rates.

U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs last month, a burst of hiring that drove down the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent, the lowest since July 2008.

Global stocks were mostly higher Friday as investors looked ahead to U.S. data on jobs and factory output, while Hong Kong rose despite pro-democracy protests.

European Central Bank head Mario Draghi is expected Thursday to underline the bank's willingness to deploy more economic stimulus measures, a stance that could send the euro skidding even lower.

A bottleneck is building in the global market for bonds.

The New Zealand dollar has fallen to its lowest level in 14 months after the central bank released figures showing it sold the currency.

It's no surprise that the prospect of a Federal Reserve rate hike worries stock investors.