Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg

• Fed To Expand Asset Purchases Next Year

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  December 12, 2012

  Central bank says it will keep rates low as long as the jobless rate is above 6.5%.

• Bernanke Could Be Buying Bonds Until Term Ends

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  October 24, 2012

  Pledge to bolster job market could keep QE3 going until Fed chairman steps down in January 2014.

• Fed Seen Kicking Off QE3 Thursday

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  September 12, 2012

  Economists also expect FOMC to pledge to keep rates low into 2015.

• Fed Tilts toward More Easing

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  August 22, 2012

  Many on FOMC favored additional stimulus soon if there’s no sustained gain in growth.

• Fed Says Economy Has Slowed

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  August 1, 2012

  Policy makers signal willingness to provide more stimulus.

• Bernanke Sees Risks to Economy

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  June 7, 2012

  Fed chairman cites Europe’s debt crisis and U.S. ‘fiscal cliff.’

• Fed Says Jobs Market Improves

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  March 13, 2012

  No change in policy despite rosier economic outlook.