Ben Bernanke News

Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say.

Stock markets succumbed to a bout of profit-taking last week, sparked by concerns that the rally has overshot the pace of economic recovery.

Close November 16, 2009, 4:41 PM ET By Deborah Solomon Small business is no small issue for the Obama administration, it seems.

Rep. Ron Paul, who has sought to audit the Federal Reserve for 26 years, has inched ever so much closer to his goal.

Probably one of the longest running jokes in the financial markets is the amount of time U.S. officials spend talking about their support for a strong dollar while taking no action to actually support a stronger currency.

In what should be no surprise, banks are cutting back on small business loans. Please consider CNN Money's Small business loans: $10 billion evaporates .

Top Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday struck differing notes on the likely pace of the U.S. economic recovery and one warned that pockets of weakness must not deter the central bank from withdrawing its extraordinary economic support.

Lakshman MenonA peeks intoA Too big to fail -- the inside story of how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial system and themselves -- written by award-winning business journalist, Andrew Ross Sorkin.

California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October as weakness in the labor market stretched from coast to coast and limited the economic recovery.

One of the most powerful men in the United States , Bill Gross, has put out his monthly letter and its a doozy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's chairman said Friday.

Europe's main stock markets retreated on Tuesday as investors took profits from a strong performance the previous day which saw the London hit a 2009 peak on a wave of investor optimism.

The U.S. economy is in uncertain times. Analysts are split between those seeing recovery and those fearing a second downturn.

Bloomberg Posted: Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 2335 hrs IST Updated: Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 2335 hrs IST : Federal Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke's diagnosis of a weak US economy and labour market signalled that the central bank's extended period of low borrowing costs may get even longer.

The U.S. economic recovery will extend into next year as manufacturing expands and the pace of firings abates, reports today indicated.

The dollar's appeal as a safe haven sent it higher Thursday after reports on housing and unemployment raised fears that the U.S. economy will be weak next year.

Kevin Plumberg and Neil Chatterjee HONG KONG/SINGAPORE - Reuters Published on Thursday, Nov.

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment insurance was unchanged last week, remaining above the level that would indicate the economy is adding jobs.

The New Zealand dollar reached three-week highs against the euro and greenback as risk appetite improved.

World stocks fell modestly Tuesday after U.S. retailers Home Depot Inc. and Target Corp.