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• Bernanke Stresses Need For Capital Cushion at Banks Thursday, 15 May 2008 | 9:27 AM ET

  Financial market turmoil underscores the need for "generous" capital cushions, and banks need to actively raise money as needed, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.

• Gutierrez: US, China Need to Fight Protectionism Thursday, 15 May 2008 | 4:41 AM ET

  The United States and China both need to fend off a troubling rise in economic nationalism in order to keep their economies strong, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said on Thursday.

• Tame Inflation? Tell That To People Buying Gasoline Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | 1:23 PM ET

  

  In the real world, gasoline prices surged 5.6% in April, but the government smooths out seasonal oddities so prices appeared lower in Wednesday's inflation report.

• Fed's Tools Won't Fix Housing Crisis: Pimco's El-Erian Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | 11:49 AM ET

  Bond fund leader Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve does not have the tools to deal with the U.S. housing crisis and rapidly rising consumer prices, leaving it to lawmakers to avert a severe recession.

• Ex-Fed Chief Volcker Sees 70's-Style Stagflation Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | 11:03 AM ET

  

  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Wednesday said the central bank's role in overseeing financial markets needs to be more clearly defined and the that of rating agencies, sovereign wealth funds and hedge funds in the financial crisis should be weighed.

• Dollar Rebounds Versus Euro as Stocks Rise Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | 10:12 AM ET

  

  The dollar rebounded against the euro Wednesday as U.S. stocks extended gains and shrugged off a report showing tame reading on U.S. consumer prices in April.

• Consumer Inflation Tamer Than Expected in April Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | 8:34 AM ET

  

  Consumer prices rose a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in April as energy prices held steady, a Labor Department report on Wednesday showed.

• Dollar Rises vs. Euro, Yen on Strong Retail Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | 5:15 PM ET

  

  The U.S. dollar rallied broadly Tuesday after a report on April retail sales beat forecasts and supported views that the Federal Reserve will probably stop cutting interest rates next month.

• Bernanke Says Crisis Not Over; Prices Worry Others Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | 4:04 PM ET

  

  U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the credit crisis is not over, even as his colleagues revealed growing concerns about inflation that could signal a pause in interest rate cuts.

• Fed's Yellen: Interest Rates at Appropriate Level Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | 1:17 PM ET

  

  San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen said Tuesday the current level of U.S. interest rates should boost the economy in the second half of 2008.

• Economy Sluggish, Inflation Higher: Fed Survey Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | 10:34 AM ET

  The U.S. economy will barely expand in the second quarter and the chances of it shrinking have risen, following sluggish growth early in the year, said a Philadelphia Federal Reserve survey released Tuesday.

• Fed's Pianalto Says Inflation 'A Key Risk' Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | 7:10 AM ET

  

  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Sandra Pianalto said on Tuesday that although core U.S. price measures were climbing faster than she wanted, Fed monetary policy was compatible with low inflation.

• Dimon: Credit Crunch Over, Not Recession Threat Monday, 12 May 2008 | 2:52 PM ET

  

  JPMorgan Chase Chairman and Chief Executive Jamie Dimon Monday told bank investors that while the current credit market crunch may soon be over, the U.S. economy could still face a deep and extended recession

• Dollar Gains Vs. Yen as Investors Snap Up Stocks Monday, 12 May 2008 | 1:32 PM ET

  

  The dollar rose versus the Japanese yen and Swiss franc Monday as investors snapped up riskier assets such as stocks, encouraged by a dip in oil prices and unexpectedly strong earnings from HSBC.

• Fed's Evans Indicates Fed May Cut Rates Further Monday, 12 May 2008 | 9:58 AM ET

  

  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said that U.S. interest rates are "accommodative" and at the right level given a weak growth outlook, but then indicated that the Fed could still be open to cutting rates further.

• Inflation, Housing Data Lead Busy Economic Week Monday, 12 May 2008 | 6:28 AM ET

  

  It's a busy week on the economic calendar, with the consumer price index, data on housing starts and the Philly Fed index all expected.

• Dollar Falls Vs. Euro on Comments from ECB Thursday, 8 May 2008 | 1:03 PM ET

  

  The U.S. dollar pulled back from a two-month high against the euro after the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged and its president's comments focused more on inflation than some had expected.

• Paulson: Tax Rebates to Aid Economy by Summer Thursday, 8 May 2008 | 12:29 PM ET

  

  U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday tax rebates now being issued to Americans will immediately help consumers and bolster the economy by summer.

• Dollar Broadly Firmer, Weak Data Drives Euro Lower Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | 11:56 AM ET

  

  The dollar gained broadly on Wednesday, supported by hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official that helped cement views that the U.S. central bank's cycle of aggressive interest rate cuts may be nearing an end.

• US Credit Crisis Is Easing, Merrill CEO Thain Says Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | 9:55 AM ET

  

  The U.S. credit crisis is easing and the risk in housing is dramatically lower now, but economic growth will remain under pressure , the CEO of Merrill Lynch said.