Dennis Lockhart

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  Fed Keeping Rates Low Because Of Pressure From Obama: Donald Trump

  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was keeping interest rates low because of political pressure from the Obama administration.

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  Two Rate Hikes This Year 'Certainly Possible': US Fed's Lockhart

  The United States could see two further interest rate rises this year but uncertainties abound including the impact on the U.S. economy should Britain vote to leave the European Union, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said on Tuesday.

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  Fed Officials Flag December, See Smooth Rates Liftoff

  Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday continued to flag December as a likely time for interest rates to rise after seven years near zero, with two expressing confidence they will be able to pull off a rate hike smoothly despite fears of an abrupt market reaction.

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  Fed Still Plans Rate Hike This Year, but Not Committed: Report

  Two influential US central bank policymakers on Friday reinforced Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's message that an interest rate hike is coming by year's end.

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  Rate Hike Plan Intact Despite Weak US Data: Fed Officials

  The Federal Reserve should remain on track to raise interest rates later this year despite the US economy's weak start to the year and a stock market sell-off this week, two Fed officials said on Thursday.

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  Fed Debate Seen Shifting From 'Lift-Off' to Long March to Normal

  For the Federal Reserve, deciding when to raise rates for the first time in nearly a decade has become the easy part.

• Federal Reserve Fears Risks Posed by Exit Tools; Plan Almost Done

  US Federal Reserve officials are cautiously nearing completion of a new plan for managing interest rates, concerned that some of the new tools they are likely to rely on could pose unintended risks in a crisis.

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  Fed officials scramble to clarify timing of US policy tightening

  According to the published predictions, 13 of the Fed's 16 policymakers expect to tighten policy some time next year, with the median of officials expecting rates to rise to 1 per cent by the end of 2015.

• Fed should telegraph QE reductions, says official

  Once the Federal Reserve finally trims its bond-buying program, it should then commit to an effective schedule that would wind it down completely, a top US central banker said on Thursday.

• Wall Street slips on uncertainty after Fed officials' views

  Wall Street fell on Tuesday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its second straight drop after comments from a pair of US Federal Reserve officials left investors unsure about the timing of a possible reduction in its bond-buying program.

• Wall Street rallies for third day as Fed concerns fade

  The Dow Jones industrial average closed back above 15,000 for the first time since June 19. The Dow scored its third consecutive day of triple-digit point gains for the first time since October 4-6, 2011.

• Asia shares slip; Euro lower against dollar

  Asian shares declined on Tuesday and the euro hit its lowest in nearly seven weeks against the dollar as an apparently deadlocked election in Italy raised the spectre of a resurgent euro zone debt crisis.

• Asian shares decline on Italy election; yen retreats

  Asian shares fell on Tuesday, taking their lead from overnight plunges in global equities while currency markets remain volatile as no party has won a Senate majority in Italy's elections, extending fears of a resurgent euro zone debt crisis.

• Wall Street pares early gains on Bernanke comments

  The Dow Jones industrial average gained 70.08 points, or 0.56 per cent, to 12,484.87.

• Dow leaps 286 points, its biggest day of the year

  The Dow Jones industrial average surged 286.84 points to close at 12,414.79, its biggest gain since December 20. The rally started early and gathered force in the afternoon. The charge turned the Dow positive for 2012 and erased the biggest loss of the year less than a week after it happened.