* S&P 500 bounces back from biggest daily drop since Nov. 7 * Possible stalemate in Italy remains a concern * Home Depot...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Federal Reserve officials are open to taking further action to support the struggling U.S. economy. But minute...

Alan Greenspan said something about the budget deficit on Tuesday. The reason this is "news" is because it is shocking that Alan Greenspan is still allowed ever to speak publicly about matters of importance.

(Ros Krasny) - Ben Bernanke, if a Republican wins the White House in 2012: you're fired. The Federal Reserve Chairman, architect of unconventio...

NEW YORK- (Burton Frierson, Richard Leong and Chris Reese) - The flood of Federal Reserve money that has supported Wall Street and the rest of the...

WASHINGTON (By Mark Felsenthal) - The U.S. economy is not fully recovered from its deep recession, with housing still weighing on growth, Federal ...

This award won't be going on Alan Greenspan's mantle. The once-lauded Federal Reserve chairman has been awarded the "Dynamite Prize In Economics" ...

NEW YORK — Major stock indexes rose Monday as momentum shifted in favor of the reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Investor...

WASHINGTON — A Senate panel on Thursday approved the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to run the nation's central bank for an...

There once were usury laws in this country to limit such shamelessness. I wonder where they went?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- If your investments didn't do so well last year, don't feel so bad: neither did Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's. The top U.S. financ...

Plenty of Wall Streeters buy a rosy view, theorizing that this fall will mark the end of the nasty recession and produce a conspicuous economic upswing that will subsequently drive stock prices higher. But skeptics abound.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy sank at a 5.7 percent pace in the first quarter as the brute force of the recession carried over into this year. ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the collapse of U.S. lending will probably cause "long-lasting" damage to home prices, household wealth ...

In a very sad sense, there appears to be no true ceiling to the debt ceiling. Congress raised the debt ceiling to $10.6 trillion in July 2008 and is currently proposing an additional $700 billion.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday signaled that the central bank will cut interest rates aggressively to try to prevent a serious eco...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that a host of economic problems, including the severe housing slump, will cause business growth t...