Personal Finance Advice and Commentary

The Beige Book reports moderate economic growth across the country. That’s actually an improvement from the modest growth reported previously.

The minutes of the last Fed meeting show that many committee members see the end of QE at the end of 2013. Could that mean higher CD rates?

After an eventful September meeting, this time the Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee took a rest.

At a scheduled press conference, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cited the continued struggles of the U.S. job market as the reason for announcing QE3.

The Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee will start its third large-scale asset purchase plan — which makes it officially QE3.

Like the economy itself, the Federal Reserve seems to be locked in a holding pattern.

With mixed signs of an economy in recovery, find out why the Fed left interest rates unchanged.

The Fed keeps the federal funds rate low. Find out what it said about the state of the economy.

Yesterday the minutes from the most recent meeting of the Fed’s rate setting committee, the Federal Open Market Committee were released. In them, it was revealed that the central bank will be unveiling a new way of communicating the individual member’s thoughts about the path of interest rates. While that will be illuminating for economy

Banking customers hoping for higher interest rates on savings accounts and deposit certificates got another bonk on the head Tuesday from the Federal Reserve, which said it plans to keep a key interest rate at the current level for another two years. The Federal Open Market Committee decided to keep its target range for the