Blaming of Federal Reserve for the recent decline in emerging-market currencies shows the agency will face global criticism, whatever its policy.

Bernanke says Fed is on course to end asset buying by mid-2014, but he does not anticipate raising interest rates anytime soon.

Bernanke says Fed is on course to end asset buying by mid-2014, but he does not anticipate raising interest rates anytime soon.

Federal Reserve will keep buying bonds until job growth averages 200,000 or more for four months in a row, according to two former Fed economists.

Federal Reserve will keep buying bonds until job growth averages 200,000 or more for four months in a row, according to two former Fed economists.

Central bank says it will keep rates low as long as the jobless rate is above 6.5%.

Central bank says it will keep rates low as long as the jobless rate is above 6.5%.

Storm shuts down a region accounting for about a quarter of the U.S. economy.