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On balance the U.S. economy is riding out the effects of a strong dollar fairly well, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said Thursday.

Millennials, desperate to the leave the nest, may have a harder time finding a place to go... 

GE is oh so close to becoming a growth industrial stock after years of being a stagnant one, now that the industrial giant ahead of schedule in jettisoning the bulk of GE Capital.

The Federal Reserve should wait for "tangible evidence" of a pickup in U.S. inflation and hold short-term interest rates near zero into next year, Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo said.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke believes the housing industry is coming back and that's a good thing. 

Any rise in interest rates will be a slow cycle, so stay focused on the long-term and avoid short-term noise.

Relief washed over the bond market this week after the Federal Reserve decided to hold off on hiking interest rates.

Steve Forbes on the Fed and the U.S. economy.

David Stockman says the Federal Reserve is waging war against savers and retirees.

The Federal Reserve Board is expected to raise interest rates soon, but what does that really mean? Learn what affect the rate hike will have on your loans.

This month's Federal Reserve policy meeting could signal the end of an era.

Bond guru Bill Gross, who has long called for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, said on Wednesday that U.S. central bankers may have missed their window of opportunity to hike rates earlier this year and doing so now could create "self-inflicted" instability.

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.