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Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve, is delivering more good news to the financial markets in her Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
courtesy of the Federal ReserveWill Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve raise rates in mid-2015, or will they push those rate hikes out into later in the year or even into 2016? That is the question...
When interest rates will be raised by the Federal Reserve has been debated for quite some time. Now it looks like the rates may not be raised until later in 2015 than previously expected.
Wednesday marked the last Federal Reserve meeting for the year 2014.
One takeaway from the minutes from the October FOMC meeting is that the Fed is in no rush to raise interest rates.
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released the minutes from the September 16 to 17 FOMC meeting. While the market was not looking for any massive step up on the time that Janet Yellen and team...
Given the recent CPI PPI readings, is the Federal Reserve making safe dovish moves out of fear of deflation?
The Federal Reserve made its announcement for the FOMC policy meeting Wednesday afternoon, swinging markets from up to down and back to up.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Employment Situation Report for August Friday morning.
Sometimes the markets just can't trust what Federal Reserve and central bank officials say individually.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reminded the audience at the Federal Reserve's annual retreat in Jackson, Wy., that the labor market has yet to fully recover.
courtesy of the Federal ReserveThe Federal Reserve has released the minutes of its July 29 to 30 FOMC meeting. While it has been broadly expected that the Fed will keep rates on hold, there is one...
Jon OggJanet Yellen and the Federal Reserve have released their statement for the July 29 to 30 FOMC meeting. As expected, we got more tapering of the monthly bond buying and we had no formal change...
Wikimedia CommonsInvestors who prefer to invest in small-cap stocks instead of Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index stocks may have a difficult time through the rest of 2014. That is...
ThinkstockInflation in international trade will be nothing to scare the Federal Reserve into a major inflationary panic. June’s import and export prices were more than just tame. Export prices were...