Federal Open Market Committee

• Failure to Communicate Boosts Government-Bond Yields

  By Simon Kennedy and Rich Miller, Bloomberg  |  June 17, 2013

  Push to improve central-bank transparency results in airing of conflicting views and increased volatility in the U.S., Japan, and the EU.

• Fed Looking for Four Straight 200,000 Payrolls

  By Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg  |  June 7, 2013

  Federal Reserve will keep buying bonds until job growth averages 200,000 or more for four months in a row, according to two former Fed economists.

• Quantitative Easing Should Continue

  By Lu Wang and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg  |  May 21, 2013

  Fed Bank of St. Louis president says Fed should continue buying bonds because growth is slower than expected.

• Business Loans Lead Credit Thaw, Fed Says

  By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Survey shows pickup in demand for commercial loans.

• Fed Seen Slowing Stimulus by Year-End

  By Joshua Zumbrun, Aki Ito and Catarina Saraiva, Bloomberg  |  May 1, 2013

  Fed policymakers aren't expected to announce any change after today's meeting.

• Corporate Bond Sales Slow

  By Sarika Gangar, Bloomberg  |  February 28, 2013

  Market is on track for the slowest February since 2008 on prospect of rising U.S. interest rates.

• Growing U.S. Labor Force Keeps Fed at Ease

  By Rich Miller and Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg  |  February 19, 2013

  Reviving economy lures Americans back into the job market, alleviating inflation fears.

• Fed Could Maintain Stimulus After QE Ends: Yellen

  By Craig Torres and Jeanna Smialek  |  February 12, 2013

  Fed vice chair says the central bank could keep rates low even after achieving inflation or employment targets.

• Bernanke Strikes Yen Blow

  By Masaki Kondo, Mariko Ishikawa and Shigeki Nozawa, Bloomberg  |  January 7, 2013

  Japanese currency hits 2½-year against the dollar on possibility Fed will end bond purchases this year.

• Stocks Are Held Hostage as S&P 500 CEOs Plan to Cut Spending

  By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg  |  December 17, 2012

  Washington negotiations or lack thereof of primary cause.