By refraining from breaking new ground or providing operational details of any evolution in policy, both of which would have inevitably til...

The generic description for the highly anticipated speech contrasts with last year's more specific listed subject for the address, "Monetar...

Nearly two-thirds of respondents, 28 of 43, said the Fed is likely to announce a taper of its asset purchases - currently set at $80 billio...

Policymakers are in the process of discussing how and when they should begin to trim the massive asset purchases launched by the Fed last y...

The conversation over the future of the Fed's $120 billion in monthly bond purchases is just beginning, and is expected to be a central top...

The Fed is currently buying around $120 billion in debt each month -- $80 billion of Treasuries and $40 billion of mortgage-backed securiti...

At the conclusion of the U.S. central bank's latest policy meeting on Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged the economy's growth,...

In the survey, about 45% of the economists expect the Federal Open Market Committee to announce tapering in the fourth quarter with 14% see...

Then a Fed governor, Powell was among those leading the charge to scale back the central bank’s quantitative-easing programme —a stance tha...

'There are also other concerns, particularly of a slowdown in China, that are rattling the global markets.'

'More clarity on political developments may see investors being more optimistic on India, as we approach the middle of 2014.'

Tapering had to happen and this is probably the best course of action as far as tapering is concerned.

"There are a lot of factors intermittently that could determine how the economy responds in the coming quarters."

We are going to see increased pressure on emerging market currencies, particularly Indonesian rupiah and rupee, says Eric Fishwick.

On Wednesday, the Fed announced that it would postpone any retreat from its monetary stimulus campaign and also refused to fix a time perio...

'The current account in June and July is far narrower than what it was earlier. We had already seen the impacts.'

What BOJ is doing at the moment is they are waiting to see the implications of the easing that they have announced so far, says Leif Eskese...