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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday congressional proposals to audit the Fed and strip it of regulatory powers as part of post-crisis reforms could damage prospects for economic recovery and financial stability going forward.
WASHINGTON - National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales index for October, 10 a.m; Commerce Department releases construction spending for October, 10 a.m.; Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation...
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said he may contact U.S. and European officials to act on currencies, amid concern the yen’s surge to a 14-year high will hamper the economic recovery.
The dollar tumbled to 14-year low against the yen Thursday, adding to pressure on Japan's beleaguered exporters, amid indications U.S. interest rates will remain low and the Federal Reserve isn't overly concerned about the dollar's slide.
Government delays enforcement of new rules governing unlawful Internet gambling for 6 months
Government delays new ban on Internet gambling
Movie theater audiences can now add another item to the list of things to expect before the film actually begins: Federal Reserve advice about credit card use.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of the Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke today announced agreement to delay for six months, until June 1, 2010, required compliance with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). The move blocks regulations to implement the legislation which requires the financial ...
What's Your Reaction? Will the Senate vote another term for Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve? Should it? In the lead up to the financial crisis, Ben Bernanke was Sancho Panza to Greenspan's Quixote, gleefully touting banking deregulation while blind to the dangers of the housing bubble.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday congressional proposals to audit the Fed and strip it of regulatory powers as part of post-crisis reforms could damage prospects for economic and financial health in the future.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dubai, jobs data, Black Friday results and a chance for Congress to throw fireballs at Fed chief Ben Bernanke: The U.S. stock market's path to glory is fraught with peril next week.
WASHINGTON -- Banks borrowed slightly more from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said a “strong case” can be made for keeping the central bank involved in bank supervision, and subjecting interest rate policy to congressional audits may undermine confidence in monetary policy.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Pittman , the award-winning investigative reporter whose fight to open the Federal Reserve to more scrutiny led Bloomberg News to sue the central bank and win, died Wednesday in Yonkers, New York. He was 52.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. ’s draw on a Federal Reserve credit line climbed for a second straight week, reaching the highest in six months.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve gave U.S. financial companies six more months to comply with rules intended to limit the use of payment systems for Internet gambling.
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