(Reuters) - The beginning of the end of the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program might come sooner than many investors think if recent gains in the U.S. labor market do not prove fleeting.Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar recovered from losses to trade higher against the euro on Thursday as resilience in the U.S. labor market allayed some concerns about the nation's economic recovery, with many analysts expecting more gains ahead for the greenback. Full story
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is likely to need to keep buying bonds through the fall of this year, though the labor market may have improved enough to permit it to begin to trim its purchases by the end of the year, a top Fed official said on Tuesday. Full story
In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC's Steve Liesman, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren talks about the labor market and the timing of winding down quantitative easing.
James Bullard, president of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, says Fed policy will remain easy for a long time. "We are looking for improvements in labor markets," he says.
Bill Spriggs, the chief economist to the AFL-CIO, explains whether low union membership means trouble for the Democratic Party.
Members of the FOMC have decided that without additional QE, the labor market will not improve. CNBC's Steve Liesman explains.
"We're only just trending water in the labor market," says Eric Rosengren, Boston Fed President, commenting on the outlook on employment and discussing why he thinks the Fed needs "an open-ended" policy on quantitative easing and expand its portfolio ...
A trader passes by a screen displaying the tickers symbols for Bristol-Myers Squibb and Intelsat, Ltd. on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, April 25, 2013. World equity markets advanced on Thursday as solid corporate earnings and data indicating the U.S. labor market remains resilient despit
Job applicants listen to a presentation before the start of a job fair for veterans and their spouses in Washington in this file photo taken December 5, 2012. U.S. employment grew faster than expected in November, but a drop in the jobless rate to a near-four year low as people gave up the search f
