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British Airways is tumbling despite Iberia deal hopes

05.11.09
Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year ... more

Printing money is helping the culprits

02.10.09
When the Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King announced his embrace of quantitative easing in the spring he said it would take six months before one could judge whether or not the policy was a success. That was six months ago. So now people are beginning to ask the question ... more

Bail-outs Ben has hit the road to make his excuses

30.07.09
THE latest star on America’s talk show circuit is Ben Bernanke, the once-taciturn Federal Reserve chairman with the Joy of Sex beard. ... more

Pound up on talk of new action by Fed

21.05.09
The pound today rose to its highest against the dollar for more than six months, jumping above the $1.58 mark at one point ... more

US spending spree sends pound soaring against dollar

19.03.09
The dollar collapsed after traders gave the thumbs down to US Federal Reserve plans for a drastic $1 trillion spending spree to revive America’s economy... more

Fed sets its first-ever target for inflation

19.02.09
Economics: The US Federal Reserve has set itself an inflation target for the first time as it warned that the economy is set to shrink more sharply in 2009 than it originally thought... more

Pound creeps up on dollar as Federal Reserve discuss credit crunch

28.01.09
Economics: The pound has rallied for a third day against a weakening dollar as the US Federal Reserve met to discuss new ways to ease the credit crunch ... more

Fed in £346bn move to kick-start housing

31.12.08
Finance: The US Federal Reserve has set a goal of buying $500 billion in mortgage-backed securities by mid-2009 in a bid to bring down mortgage costs and restart the collapsing housing market... more

Market report: Financials to the fore as high-risk Fed is snubbed

17.12.08
The response of London stock-market investors to the Federal Reserve's move to cut rates to within a range of between zero and a quarter point was far less enthusiastic than that of their counterparts on Wall Street overnight.... more

Deflation fears in US after 0% interest rate prediction

20.11.08
Economy: A senior Wall Street economist predicts US interest rates will be 0% by early next year... more

Fed's bailout for AIG rises to £96 billion

10.11.08
Ailing AIG is to receive an increased $150 billion bailout package from the US Federal Reserve in a sign that the insurance giant needs far more help than previously announced... more

Fed to step up battle against recession with new rate cut

29.10.08
Economy: The US Federal Reserve is set to slash interest rates as central banks around the world accelerate the fight against recession... more

Time to act fast - but no room for panic

27.10.08
A guessing game over how far and how fast central banks will cut interest rates was under way in the City today.... more

GM in a drive to borrow from Fed

13.10.08
Engineering: US carmaking giant General Motors, in talks with rival Chrysler over a possible merger, is also expected to seek loans from the Federal Reserve as it struggles for survival... more

It's dollars unlimited to boost liquidity

13.10.08
Credit crunch: Unlimited amounts of dollars will be available to the commercial bank lending market as the US Federal Reserve continues to stand behind attempts to kick-start liquidity in the money markets... more

Fed pumps in £100bn to avoid another collapse

18.09.08
The Federal Reserve wades into the international money markets, pumping in a further $180 billion (£101 billion) of dollar-denominated lending ... more

Banks slash overnight lending rates

17.09.08
Banking: Banks dramatically slashed the rates they charge for lending to each other today on relief at the AIG bailout.... more

Fed chief's clues on crisis battle

22.08.08
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to give clues about how he plans to tackle the credit crisis when he addresses central bankers... more

Fed’s headache over rates move

05.08.08
Ben Bernanke and other top policymakers at the US Federal Reserve face a bewildering array of conflicting data... more

Fears that White House and Fed can do no more for economy

14.07.08
The latest crisis to grip the US economy has left investors fearful that there is little the White House and the Federal Reserve can do to restore stability... more

A dilemma for the Fed on rescue mission

14.07.08
The dilemma faced by the US Federal Reserve and the Treasury, therefore, is not whether the agencies should be rescued, but how best to do it... more

End is seen to US round of rate cuts

25.06.08
The US Federal Reserve was set to abandon its aggressive rate-cutting stance amid growing concerns over rising inflation... more

Upbeat Bank and Fed lift mood in the City

01.05.08
City economists are cautiously optimistic about seeing an end to the credit crunch within months... more

Fed chief admits full-blown US recession is on the cards

02.04.08
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke admits for the first time that a full-blown recession in the US is possible... more

Fed to tighten rules in quest for 'stability'

31.03.08
The Federal Reserve is to receive new powers as a "market stability regulator"... more

Shares bouncing back after big rate cut by US

19.03.08
Stock markets around the world continued to rally after the US Federal Reserve's aggressive cut in interest rates ... more

Dr Bernanke's tonic a cure? It's best not to bank on it

19.03.08
It would be a brave soul who suggested the crisis is anywhere near over... more

Paulson: cut rates to head off US slump

18.03.08
US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson piles on the pressure for a big interest cut from the Federal Reserve... more

'No one knows how bad things will get'

17.03.08
Even wise old birds who thought they'd seen it all before admit to feeling queasy... more

Stock markets plunge again

14.03.08
Stock markets around the world tanked today after the dramatic rescue of one of Wall Street's largest banks plunged financial markets into a fresh crisis... more

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