Federal Reserve

On Wednesday, the central bank released meeting minutes which showed division over whether to continue its stimulative policy of quantitative easing.

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.

With interest rates locked near zero until 6.5 percent unemployment, what's the point of meeting until then?

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.

Newly released transcripts from 2007 show Federal Reserve officials were slow to act as the economy slid into recession.

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.

New data capture the scope of profits at the U.S. Federal Reserve, estimated to be $90 billion this year.

The Federal Reserve says it will keep interest rates near zero until the unemployment rate drops to 6.5 percent. But what will it take to get there?

Despite some worries about consumer demand this holiday season, U.S. retail sales rose 0.3% in November.