The sun rises to the east of the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, July 31, 2013. On one side of the Atlantic they're trying to refill the punchbowl. On the other they're getting ready to take it away. This week, investors may get a clearer idea why. The European Central Bank will spell

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans The U.S. Federal Reserve should be "exceptionally patient" in removing monetary policy accommodation, a top Fed official said on Wednesday, even if doing so means allowing inflation to modestly overshoot the central bank's 2 percent goal. "I am

America's central bank wraps up its two day meeting on Wednesday and will subsequently outline its latest monetary policy.   Investors' key focus: interest rates, interest rates, interest rates. The Fed has been holding down the federal funds rate near zero since the financial crisis, but a

Stanley Fischer, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System, speaks with demonstrators from the Center for Popular Democracy at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming August 22, 2014. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer has been tapped to head a new financial

The sun rises to the east of the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, July 31, 2013.  The U.S. Federal Reserve is facing perhaps its most pivotal meeting of the year next week, as it debates a potential overhaul of its guidance on interest rates and seeks to nail down a plan for exiting its