Data on manufacturing, auto sales, and construction are expected Tuesday as markets bet on a Federal Reserve interest rate increase this month.
With the so-called natural interest rate in the United States now near zero, and equilibrium rates in other countries around the world also lower than in the past, central banks have "significantly less room to maneuver."
Notes from the Federal Reserve's October meeting show most of the committee thought conditions "could well be met" for a year-end rate hike.
Data closely watched by the Federal Reserve's interest rate-setting committee showed prices increasing and U.S. factory output gaining strength.
Many Fed officials, including William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, suggested the likelihood of a liftoff from near-zero interest rates by year's end.
Eric Rosengren has in the past spoken about his preference for not waiting too long for a rate hike for fear of falling behind the curve.
A report on the employment situation in the U.S., due Friday, is widely expected to further bolster arguments for a historic rate hike by the Federal Reserve in December.
Investors will keep a close eye on Thursday's event at the New York Fed, where many top policy makers -- including IMF Chief Christine Lagarde -- are scheduled to speak.
The first-of-its-kind hearing will focus on the U.S. Federal Reserve's plans for regulating the nation's banks and overseeing its financial system.
The proposal would require too-big-to-fail banks to issue long-term bonds to increase the cushion needed should Wall Street face another Great Recession.
A Federal Reserve committee chose Wednesday to once again keep benchmark interest rates at historic lows -- but may be considering a December rate hike.
The stage was set by a disappointing September jobs report and the manufacturing sector falling short of expectations.
The U.S. Federal Reserve's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee is meeting next week, but it is not expected to raise its interest rates.
One Federal Reserve official said this week he did not "expect that it would be appropriate" to raise interest rates in 2015. He's got company.
Many Fed watchers are exasperated by the mixed messages from the U.S. central bank in recent weeks.
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book revealed Wednesday how the sector was affected from mid-August through early October.
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is in a bubble that is about to pop.
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer says “considerable uncertainties” surround the U.S. economic outlook.
Federal Reserve officials delayed an interest rate increase in September because of growing risks to their outlook for economic growth.
The activists have been trying to get a meeting with the bank president since the Fed's summer retreat in Wyoming.
Rosengren said the slowdown in hiring last month effectively heightens his sensitivity to the economy's performance the rest of the year.
The Labor Department's monthly employment report, due on Friday at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT), will almost certainly show the U.S. economy is growing enough to push the jobless rate lower in the coming months.