The differential in global interest rates is a major driver in the ebb and flow of investment capital—and unexpected policy ...

Fiat money refers to a type of currency that holds value because a government declares it as legal tender, rather than being ...

(Reuters) -The Federal Reserve's policy rate continues to act as a brake on the resilient labor market and on inflation that ...

Calendar-year inflation forecasts from Federal Open Market Committee meeting participants typically start near 2% and then ...

Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said he feels U.S. monetary policy is currently "modestly ...

A strong dollar would be problematic considering how over-valued it is and the widening U.S. current account deficit. It ...

Conventional empirical models of monetary policy transmission in emerging market economies produce puzzling results: monetary tightening often leads to an increase in prices (the price puzzle) and ...

The Federal Reserve doesn't directly set mortgage rates, but it influences them by making changes to the federal funds rate, ...

Free banking is one alternative to central banks, but would switching to a radical new system be worth the risk?

And there are a few recent examples from Europe that meet this criteria ... as most observers were convinced the euro zone ...

He cited the sharp appreciation of the Japanese Yen in early August as an example, which triggered ... as did India’s Monetary Policy Committee. Now, the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected ...

Aside from the mixed policy signals dropped during his trip to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in ...