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Federal Reserve meets, considers future of quantitative easing
Sabri Ben-Achour Mar 21, 2013
The Federal Reserve is finishing up a meeting today in Washington, to which many economists and investors are looking for signs of just how long the central bank intends to keep up its aggressive monetary easing.
Stressed out? Banks get the Fed's diagnosis
Sabri Ben-Achour Mar 7, 2013
As the Federal Reserve issues its annual stress test results for big banks, the question is do they have enough cash to survive a deep recession, a 50 percent stock market fall and 12 percent unemployment?
Will you take a hit from the sequester?
Juli Niemann Feb 27, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has warned members of Congress that the sequester's spending cuts, which kick in on Friday, will harm the already fragile economic recovery.
Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke takes the stand
David Gura Feb 26, 2013
In his semi-annual report to Congress, Ben Bernanke reaffirmed the Federal Reserves bond buying policy, but said monetary policy alone cannot prop up the economy.
Global markets tank on concerns over Federal Reserve meeting
Jeremy Hobson Feb 21, 2013
On Wednesday, the central bank released meeting minutes which showed division over whether to continue its stimulative policy of quantitative easing.
U.S. production falls, Chevy Silverado stalls
Jeremy Hobson Feb 15, 2013
The Federal Reserve said this morning that production at U.S. factories declined last month after two months of gains. Industrial production fell by 0.4 percent.
Another Fed meeting... Why bother?
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jan 30, 2013
With interest rates locked near zero until 6.5 percent unemployment, what's the point of meeting until then?
Giving credit to the government for the bailout
Kai Ryssdal Jan 24, 2013
Alan Blinder, an economist and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, discusses why he thinks the government doesn't get enough credit for saving the U.S. economy from a much worse fate.
Fed transcripts from 2007 show divided board
Dan Bobkoff Jan 21, 2013
Newly released transcripts from 2007 show Federal Reserve officials were slow to act as the economy slid into recession.
Expectations shift as Fed releases new details
Jeff Horwich Jan 9, 2013
The Federal Reserve has released the minutes from its meeting in mid-December where the Fed's announced a major shift in it's policy.
