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Brian Milner and Kevin Carmichael Toronto and Washington - Globe and Mail Update Published on Thursday, Nov.

The Federal Open Market Committee in its statement on November 4 left unchanged the language that its ultra-low rates would be kept for "an extended period". By not even signalling an end to the current era of easy money, the central bank runs the risk of further inflating asset and commodity prices and sinking the dollar.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to reaffirm its intention to keep U.S. interest rates at ultra-low levels for a long time to support the economy, even as signs of recovery accumulate.

Art Rolnick, senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, spoke at the Mankato Golf Club on Tuesday about his landmark study on the economic benefits of early childhood education.

The US Federal Reserve summoned chief executives from the United States' biggest banks on Monday to prod them toward reining in pay practices blamed for sparking the financial crisis.

Many pundits have opined that the American consumer is on the ropes, so far in debt that he will be unable to contribute to the economic recovery.

The Federal Reserve Act was signed into law in 1913 by President Woodrow Wilson, but in his book " The New Freedom: A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People " it is clear that he was not in favor of centralized credit monopolies such as the Federal Reserve Bank stating "the control of credit also has become dangerously ...

For the first time in more than four years, the Federal Open Market Committee will meet in the same week in which the Bureau of Labor Statistics issues its monthly employment report.

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If by "bleak" you mean "appropriate". This is a long and sorta dense and only marginally interesting read, especially if you're a finance retard like myself.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, acknowledging that failures in oversight contributed to a near-catastrophic financial crisis, yesterday called on Congress to enact comprehensive changes that he said would close gaps in regulation, prevent future bailouts, and create a council of top regulators to identify risks to the nation's financial ...

Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the biggest banks will be subject to more rules and regulations in coming months in order to protect the financial system.

"To achieve more balanced and durable economic growth and to reduce the risks of financial instability, we must avoid ever-increasing and unsustainable imbalances in trade and capital flows," Bernanke said at a conference on Asia sponsored by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank.

A $29 billion trail from the Federal Reserve's bailout of Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns ends in a partially deserted shopping center on a bleak spot on the south side of Oklahoma City.

The Federal Reserve is not likely to tighten monetary conditions during the next few months and still has not decided on which tool to use first when it decides it's time to drain extra liquidity out of the system, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said Tuesday.

As the global economy rebounds, policy makers must be watchful for signs that unsustainable global imbalances -- driven by high levels of Asian exports and low U.S. savings rates -- are again taking hold, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.

Treasury prices fell on Monday, pushing yields up, before a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.