Federal Reserve

In an interview with FBN, Minneapolis Fed Chairman Narayana Kocherlakota said the central bank should maintain near-zero interest rates this year and consider the possibility of additional quantitative easing.

Bond king Bill Gross warns that low interest rates could have a negative impact on the U.S. economy.

The question is whether new regulations included in Dodd-Frank are effectively targeting the risky conduct practiced by all of the biggest banks in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis.

The U.S. economy is picking up steam after a first quarter of negative growth and rate hikes are “coming soon,” according to Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan.

Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac relapsing with lenient lending initiatives?

Sometimes, nearly everyone wins.

The 31 largest U.S. banks all passed a second round of federally-mandated stress tests used to determine whether the banks could withstand another financial crisis.

Don't expect much from your bond mutual fund next year.

Stocks can keep climbing next year, tacking even more gains onto their phenomenal run of the last five-plus years.

The threat of rising interest rates is raising real fears about real-estate mutual funds.

Oh, right.

Interest rates have been at ultra-low levels for six years and counting, but they aren’t going to stay there forever.

A serious re-evaluation of how broker-dealers are supervised is overdue and should bring about higher capital requirements given the threat broker-dealers still pose to the U.S. financial system, a top Federal Reserve official said on Wednesday.

The upcoming Fed policy meeting may be just a dull sequel, which is fine by Wall Street.

Exclusive: Tim Geithner’s AIG deposition provides a somewhat different take on his actions during the financial crisis than what appears in his new memoir.

The Federal Reserve’s decision to reject Citigroup’s capital plan was reportedly caused in part by weaknesses in the banking conglomerate’s auditing and controls.

A federal appeals court on Friday backed the Federal Reserve’s position regarding caps on the fees banks charge stores where consumers use debit cards.

Stress tests conducted on the largest U.S. banks show they could now easily withstand a hypothetical economic meltdown worse than the '08 financial crisis. Full Text: 29 of 30 Banks Pass Fed Stress Tests

Big banks reportedly run into resistance with efforts to water down a Volcker Rule provision impacting a $300 billion U.S. loan market.

Rent research suggests that Janet Yellen and other female national leaders may have an advantage in leading highly-diversified countries.