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• Bill Miller says higher interest rates always led to a higher stock market the last two decades

  4:19 PM ET Thu, 24 May 2018

  Higher interest rates are good for the stock market, noted investor Bill Miller said in a call about the first quarter for markets.

• Fed could be finished hiking rates by 2019, Philadelphia's Harker says

  4:21 PM ET Thu, 24 May 2018

  Interest rate hikes could come to an end for this cycle in 2019, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said Thursday.

• North Korea summit cancellation part of 'downside risks' for the economy, Fed's Bostic says

  1:08 PM ET Thu, 24 May 2018

  Geopolitical turmoil and policy certainty are combining to make businesses more cautious about investing, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic says.

• Dollar slips vs yen as Trump nixes North Korea summit

  4:35 PM ET Thu, 24 May 2018

  The euro rose off a six-month low on Thursday as the dollar faltered.

• Fed's Kaplan sees another four rate hikes or so before central bank finishes its job

  11:40 AM ET Thu, 24 May 2018

  The Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates about four more times before it reaches an equilibrium level, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan says.

• Fed will meet on May 30 to consider proposal to modify 'Volcker Rule'

  5:11 PM ET Wed, 23 May 2018

  The Federal Reserve will consider a proposal to modify the "Volcker Rule" banning proprietary trading by banks at a May 30 meeting of its board.

• Fed indicates it will let inflation run above 2 percent goal for 'temporary period'

  3:21 PM ET Wed, 23 May 2018

  Minutes from the Fed's May meeting also pointed to an interest rate hike in June.

• Fed President Neel Kashkari discusses the economy, energy at Williston conference

  2:27 PM ET Wed, 23 May 2018

  Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari speaks on the state of the economy, trade and labor markets before the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismark, North Dakota.

• US 10-year yield dips below 3% after Fed minutes show willingness to let inflation tick up

  4:54 PM ET Wed, 23 May 2018

  U.S. government debt yields fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes revealed that the central bank would be open to letting inflation temporarily run a bit.

• Dollar rally weakens as focus turns to Fed minutes

  3:41 PM ET Tue, 22 May 2018

  The dollar fell on Tuesday from a five-month high, losing momentum after a broad rally.

• Cramer: This trade-led rally makes sense—just look at the retail sector

  7:11 PM ET Mon, 21 May 2018

  Jim Cramer unpacks the market's response to the U.S.-China trade truce that sent the major averages higher on Monday.

• Dollar scales 5-month peak as US-China trade tensions ebb

  3:47 PM ET Mon, 21 May 2018

  The dollar edged up against the yen on Monday, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. trade war with China is "on hold."

• The Fed is an open book, but foreign trade and security are the wild cards

  1:14 AM ET Mon, 21 May 2018

  America's strengthening domestic demand will push trade deficits to new highs ahead. That will aggravate trade disputes with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and China — that account for 75 percent of the U.S. trade gap, Michael Ivanovitch writes.

• Why growth may be the Fed’s Achilles' heel on its path to higher rates

  5:20 PM ET Sat, 19 May 2018

  The Federal Reserve is all but set to raise interest rates in June. Beyond that, the central bank's options are limited by one critical factor, according to one market watcher.

• US-China trade talks may hold the key to whether stocks finish the week higher

  7:33 AM ET Fri, 18 May 2018

  The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have a chance to erase small weekly declines. The small-cap Russell 2000 looks for three record highs in a row.

• China says it hasn't offered to cut its trade surplus with the US by $200 billion

  10:30 AM ET Fri, 18 May 2018

  A ministry spokesman said that the claims were not true while speaking at a daily news briefing about the ongoing trade talks between the world's two largest economies, according to Reuters.