"Ben Bernanke's Fed: The Federal Reserve After Greenspan" by Ethan S. Harris, Harvard Business Press, 237 pages ($26.95) ...more

August 31, 2008

Confronted by problems at every turn - rising unemployment, shaky growth, credit troubles and creeping inflation - the Federal Reserve left an important interest rate unchanged, taking a gamble that for now the best move was no move at all. ...more

August 6, 2008

The policy debate within the Federal Reserve is growing sharper. On one side is Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who is opposed to raising interest rates even though consumer prices have gone up 5 percent over the past year. ...more

July 30, 2008

Worried about rising inflation, Federal Reserve officials at their meeting in June thought the Fed's next move on interest rates was likely to be up. ...more

July 17, 2008

from food to electricity and gasoline - took a bigger piece of their paychecks. ...more

July 17, 2008

The Federal Reserve was scrambling to prevent a "contagion" from infecting the nation's financial system when it took unprecedented actions to back a Bear Stearns rescue package and provide emergency loans to big Wall Street firms. ...more

June 28, 2008

The Federal Reserve decided on Wednesday to leave a key interest rate unchanged and cited a heightened risk of inflation, which could lead to rate increases down the road. Private analysts said the Fed might delay the first rate increase until December. ...more

June 26, 2008

Straddling risky economic crosscurrents, the Federal Reserve is expected to stand still this week on interest rates. ...more

June 24, 2008

After last week's plunge, the dollar climbed against the euro in late New York trading as several government officials and President Bush voiced their support for a strong U.S. currency. ...more

June 10, 2008

Bottoms up! It's time to swallow a heavy dose of risk realism when considering the U.S. home market. ...more

May 6, 2008