Central Bank

We now have entire nations which have become insolvent. It would be very difficult to argue that having a banking crisis is better than enduring a sovereign debt crisis, especially since much of the assets banks hold is sovereign debt.

WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the Federal Reserve was left with few good options when it stepped in to shore up the larges...

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has issued policy guidelines for banks turning foreclosed homes they own into rentals, a trend that could help boost...

This week's market action serves as a vivid reminder of how dependent valuations are on central bank policies. The question for markets thus boils down to whether central banks will do more; and the issues these institutions face are extremely and increasingly complex.

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday took aim at proponents of the gold standard, saying that such a sy...

WASHINGTON -- Two economists at the St. Louis Federal Reserve have published findings that indicate that Wall Street speculation is responsible for 15...

NICOSIA, Cyprus — International credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded euro member Cyprus to junk status Tuesday on heightened concerns over i...

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's announcement that it is unlikely to raise its benchmark interest rate until late 2014 is simply its "best guess," ...

ZURICH — The Swiss National Bank chief denied any wrongdoing Thursday and said he had no plans to resign over private currency deals that produc...

The U.S. housing market, once the epicenter of the global financial collapse that spawned today's European debt crisis, is on the verge of deliver...

China's services sector cooled in November to its weakest growth in three months, an HSBC purchasing managers' index showed on Monday, the latest ...

NEW YORK — A coalition of retail groups sued the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, claiming the regulator ignored the law by setting too high a cap on...

China's biggest commercial banks face systemic risks if a combination of credit, property, currency and yield curve shocks that could be withstood...

As the outlook for growth continues to deteriorate, whilst the price for goods and services remain stubbornly high, the risk of stagflation returns. This would be a tough scenario, where policy options tackling one of these issues would only worsen the other.

NEW YORK (Lauren Tara LaCapra) - The U.S. Federal Reserve ordered Goldman Sachs Group Inc to hire a consultant to review practices of a former mor...

WASHINGTON (Dave Clarke) - Banks are hoping to win at least a small reprieve from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday when the central bank releases ...

As the disastrous consequences of loose money, central banking and a fractional reserve system have become obvious, many citizens have discovered some...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve wants a broader group of banks to provide details each year about their finances, part of an effort to ensure ...

The classic safe-haven investment has seen a strong uptrend in value since the autumn of 2008. Various factors have been credited as drivers of this move, but what is the risk gold could lose its luster?

Consumer prices are flat in substantial part because China sends us so much stuff, dirt cheap. But all that may be changing, and the change will be a mixed blessing.

The collapse of an asset bubble will not necessarily lead to higher unemployment as long as monetary policy is loose enough, a top Federal Reserve...

The Federal Reserve earned a record $81.7 billion in 2010, largely on investments made to help the economy and banks weather the 2007-2009 financi...

These trade wars are turning into foreign exchange market turbulence. So what are these so-called "currency wars"? And what can we learn from them?