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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer prices fell in March for the first time in four months and factory output slipped, strengthening the argument for the Federal Reserve to maintain its monetary stimulus to speed up economic growth. Other data on Tuesday suggested the housing...

All but four of 19 major U.S. banks got a green light Tuesday from the Federal Reserve to boost their dividends and take other steps that will make their stocks more attractive to investors. The Fed declared them strong enough to survive a downturn worse than the Great Recession. More...

AP - The euphoric rally in share prices fed by a European deal to cut Greece's debt and prevent larger countries from falling down the same hole slowed on Friday, as investors began to recognize the significant challenges that still face the continent. More...

The Federal Reserve acknowledged Wednesday that the economy is growing more slowly than it expected. But it said it will complete its $600 billion Treasury bond buying program by June 30 as planned and announced no further efforts to boost the economy. Ending a two-day meeting, the Fed...

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on both sides of a battle over debit card fees used populist-style appeals on Wednesday as the Senate neared a vote on whether to block a Federal Reserve plan to lower the fees that stores must pay banks each time a shopper swipes a debit card. Financial institutions...

CHICAGO – New research suggests many U.S. babies are fed herbal supplements or teas. Food and Drug Administration researchers led the study. It was released Monday in the journal Pediatrics and is billed as the first to examine broad use of such products in American infants. About 9 percent...

Free trips to Disneyland, more polar bears at the zoo and promises not to work with anyone who hasn't watched the TV series "The Wire" aren't the usual hallmarks of a successful political campaign. But in Iceland's capital Reykjavik, comedian Jon Gnarr's political parody soon snowballed into a...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely remain skeptical about the strength of the economic recovery in testimony on Tuesday, despite recent data pointing to improvement, signaling the central bank is unlikely to cut short its $600 billion stimulus plan. The U.S. Fed chief, who...

NEW YORK -- Economists are evenly split on whether the Federal Reserve's current policies are helping the economy. But they're in agreement on one point -- the Fed won't be raising interest rates anytime soon. A CNNMoney.com exclusive survey showed that economists expect the Fed funds rate --...

Top recipients of overnight loans made by the Federal Reserve under special program that ran from March 2008 through May 2009. NEW YORK -- The Federal Reserve made $9 trillion in overnight loans to major banks and Wall Street firms during the financial crisis, according to newly revealed data...