Federal Reserve

Stocks Reach Records on Fed News

Upon learning that the Federal Reserve has no plans to immediately taper its $85-billion-a-month stimulus program, investors flooded...

Fed Holds off on Taping its Easy-Money Policies at Today’s Meeting

Investors waiting for the Federal Reserve to begin tapering its easy-money policies will need to stay patient as...

Europe Closes Near High, Pending Fed Decision

The European FTSEurofirst 300 closed up 0.5% on Tuesday, near Monday’s historic five-year high.

Bernanke’s Blessing: Stimulus Saves Corporate America $700 Billion

Along with juicing the market and fattening investor portfolios, the U.S. government’s most recent stimulus plan has been...

Global Markets on the Clock with Fed Announcement at 2:00 pm EDT

Today, analysts and investors alike fully expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to start what has long-been rumored: tapering...

S&P 500 Approaches Record ahead of Fed Meeting

As members of the Federal Reserve gathered for this week's two-day meeting, stocks rose again, sending the S&P...

Summers, Syria Raise Stocks

Easing tensions regarding Syria and Lawrence Summers's withdrawal of his candidacy for the next chair of the Federal...

Europe Welcomes Yellen with Five-Year Highs

European markets hit record highs after weekend news, including Larry Summers’s withdrawal from Fed chair candidacy and a...

Might Bernanke’s replacement be… Bernanke?

Larry Summers, rumored to be President Obama’s first choice for next Federal Reserve chair, publicly withdrew his name...

Opposition Spurs Summers to Withdraw as Fed Chairman Candidate

Yesterday, President Obama’s leading contender for the Federal Reserve chairman position, Lawrence Summers, withdrew his name from consideration,...