Topic: U.S. Federal Reserve

Wall Street

Wall Street
A television indicates that the Fed will keep interest rates unchanged on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Stocks held on to modest gains Tuesday after the Federal Reserve gave a mildly more upbeat view of the economy. The Fed, which ...
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SEC boss: Agency examining companies

SEC chairman says agency examining companies' pre-meltdown conduct, offers no namesThe head of the Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Wednesday that the agency is investigating several companies' actions in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2008. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said "it would be safe to assume" that the ...
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Fed defends watchdog role

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke called for his central bank to keep broad regulatory powers Wednesday, amid a fierce debate about how to police Wall Street. Bernanke told a US congressional committee that the Fed was best-placed to monitor much of the massive banking sector, as sweeping reforms -- backed by ...
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Fed boss makes case to keep all banking duties

Bernanke tells Congress: Don't scale back Fed banking supervisionFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday urged Congress not to scale back the Fed's regulatory authority over banks. He said the Fed needs the information it gleans from its bank oversight to set interest rates and gauge the health ...
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