Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen

• Bernanke to miss conference, hinting at departure

  Ben Bernanke is intensifying speculation that this year will be his last as Federal Reserve chairman by deciding to skip the Fed's annual August ... 

• IMF urges Fed, central banks to monitor stimulus

  The International Monetary Fund is urging the Federal Reserve and other central banks to closely monitor their extraordinary efforts to jump-start ... 

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  Stocks grind higher, pushing Dow toward record

  Investors brushed off early jitters about a potential slowdown in China and pushed the Dow to its highest close of the year. The Dow Jones industrial ... 

• Yellen defends Fed's low interest rate policies

  The No. 2 official at the Federal Reserve said Monday that she does not see any risks at the moment from the Federal Reserve's low-interest rate ... 

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  THE RESET: Bernanke keeping foot on stimulus pedal

  Ben Bernanke's term as chairman of the Federal Reserve expires one year from Thursday. Sometime between now and then he's likely to take his foot off ... 

• Transcripts show Fed underestimated crisis in 2007

  Federal Reserve officials in 2007 badly underestimated the scope of the approaching financial crisis and how it would tip the U.S. economy into the ...