Fear as measured by the cost of options and also by the $VIX remain elevated but well off the upper end of the range seen multiple times since August. Bloomberg reports Bank Puts Fall Most in S&P 500 as Profits Reduce Crisis Pessimism (Excerpt) Read more at finance.townhall.com ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve is running out of options to try to boost a slumping economy and lower unemployment. So policymakers are expected to reach 50 years back into their playbook for their next move. Most economists expect the Fed to announce a plan Wednesday to shift ...

Asian stocks rebounded on Wednesday, following a jump in US shares, after the Federal Reserve made an unprecedented pledge to keep interest rates near zero for at least two years, stemming a global equity rout for the time being.By BETTINA WASSENER HONG KONG — Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region ...

If you are Ben or Barack, in my honest opinion, you need to ignore them from here on in. Bernanke and the Fed can help, but they face two other constraints. First, the monetary version of premature fiscal austerity is the phantom menace of inflation.That's the question right now, and ...

GETTY IMAGES NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve spoke — and the financial markets responded with a dive. Stocks dropped Tuesday afternoon immediately after the Fed said that economic growth this year has been “considerably slower” than it expected andThe Dow Jones industrial average surged Tuesday, ending a volatile session ...