A divided Fed wrestles with when to slow bond buys
2 days ago
Its uncertainty burst into view Wednesday, when Chairman Ben Bernanke testified to Congress in the morning and the Fed in the afternoon released the minutes of its last policy meeting.
Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases
2 days ago
Still, Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Fed's most important voice, signaled Wednesday in testimony to Congress that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs.
Bernanke testimony to be studied for policy clues
2 days ago
The June meeting is one of four each year when Bernanke holds a news conference after the Fed's meeting to discuss any policy changes.
Stock indexes flip between gains and losses
3 days ago
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday releases minutes from its most recent policy meeting and Chairman Ben Bernanke will go before Congress to discuss the outlook for the U.S. economy.
Bernanke says Fed increasing financial monitoring
14 days ago
Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Federal Reserve has broadened its oversight beyond banks and now monitors a wide-range of financial institutions that could hasten another financial crisis.
Fed likely to back low-rate policies despite gains
66 days ago
All of which will likely reinforce Bernanke's stated view that the job market, in particular, has a long way to go to full health and still needs the Fed's extraordinary support.
Fed to change timing of policy statement
72 days ago
The Federal Reserve is changing its schedule for issuing policy statements, a shift that will give Chairman Ben Bernanke more control over how investors respond to the Fed's decisions.
World stocks up a day after Dow hits record high
79 days ago
Bet on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke instead.
Bernanke defends Fed's low-interest-rate policies
83 days ago
Bernanke said such a big increase in one year was at the "upper end" of what private forecasters are predicting could happen when the Fed begins tightening interest rates this time.
Market recovery continues on global economy hopes
85 days ago
Positive economic data, particularly out of the U.S., combined with indications from the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank isn't going to change its super-easy monetary...
