WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is losing strength and repeated a pledge to try to boost growth if hiring ...

WASHINGTON — In a major shift, the Federal Reserve will start announcing four times a year how long it plans to keep short-term interest rates a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed its forecast for economic growth, raised projections for unemployment, and suggest...

The Federal Reserve has unleashed another creative attempt to stimulate the economy, moving to increase its holdings in long-term securities in order ...

NEW YORK -- Investors will likely view the Federal Reserve's recent decision to keep short-term lending rates near zero for the next two years as part...

NEW YORK -- Another major policymaker has decided to take a more detached stance toward the economic slowdown. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernank...

UPDATE: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve's monetary policy will remain essentially unchanged, even ...

WASHINGTON (By Mark Felsenthal and Glenn Somerville) - Some Federal Reserve officials last month believed they would have to hold to an easy monet...

NEW YORK (By Kristina Cooke) - A top Federal Reserve official signaled on Friday the central bank won't tighten monetary policy any time soon, ev...

It is the committee of American central bankers who decide who gets money, and who doesn't. And it's been quite a long time since they decided in favor of American workers instead of Wall Street and China.

WASHINGTON -- As the Federal Reserve debates whether to scale back, continue or expand its $600 billion effort to nurse the economic recovery, four me...

In the wake of Institutional Risk Analytics' comment last week about the lack of ideas inside the Obama Administration for resolving the economic mess...

The minutes from that same gathering of the powerful Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, are made available to the public -- but only after a thr...

WASHINGTON — Divisions within the Federal Reserve over how to pump up the economy and lower unemployment came into sharper view Wednesday. Thre...

MARQUETTE, Mich (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's decision last week to buy more U.S. government debt should not be viewed as a sign the economic outl...

A top regional Federal Reserve official sharply criticized Friday the Fed's ongoing policy of keeping interest rates near zero -- and at record lows -...

With the Federal Reserve adopting a more a pessimistic view of the economic outlook, the revival has been swift in calls for the federal government to...

The Federal Reserve has decided on a process that will lead to an ever-growing proportion of the U.S. national debt and yearly budget deficits being monetized by its printing press.

Nine of the 10 policy makers in the Federal Reserve voted to send a message Tuesday that the economic recovery is weakening and needs further stimulus...

Members of the Federal Reserve lowered their expectations for economic growth and raised their projections of the nation's unemployment rate, cautioni...

Facing perhaps the biggest loss of power in the institution's nearly 100-year history, the Federal Reserve fought back today with a little-noticed mov...

The nascent economy recovery taking shape from February to April boosted top policymakers' projections for the year, causing them to increase their ou...

In yet another sobering acknowledgment that jobs will continue to remain scarce despite the seemingly improving economic situation, Federal Reserve of...