When Will Fed Officials Ease Off The Accelerator?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. STOCKS fell on Wednesday after minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the June meeting. Based on the latest available data, the Dow ...

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the US economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday. In testimony that offered ...

Global markets fell after weak Chinese data and worries that the US Federal Reserve may slow its monetary stimulus. In Asia, the fall was led by Japan's Nikkei index, which closed down 7.3%, having fallen as much as 10%. European markets also ...

Risk aversion selloff triggered broadly after mixed messages by the US Federal Reserve on the future of its massive bond-buying program. The Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in testimony to Congress on Wednesday that easing measures continue to ...

World stock markets were mixed Wednesday, hours before Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is to deliver remarks before Congress on the state of the U.S. economy. The Fed is also scheduled to release the minutes of its most recent policy meeting, which ...

The BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday slumped below the 20,000-mark during mid-session by losing a whopping 364 points, on sustained selling triggered by weakness in other Asian bourses after US Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke hinted at scaling ...

The United States Federal Reserve Bank will continue its monetary stimulus efforts for the country's economy. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said the US job market is still too weak to end its monetary stimulus program. 'Headwinds', including government ...

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke leaves after testifying at a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Bernanke was on the Hill to give his views on the current economic outlook. Stocks and ...

The US markets slipped on Wednesday, reversing gains after minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting and comments from the Fed chief suggested the central bank may begin tapering its bond-buying program in near term. Federal Reserve Chairman ...