The US Federal Reserve appears set to launch a third round of unconventional monetary stimulus on Thursday while signaling that a weak U.S. economy may warrant ultra-low interest rates for at least an

The Federal Reserve has room to deliver additional monetary stimulus to boost the U.S. economy, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke told a Congressional oversight panel in a letter.

"There is scope for further

The Federal Reserve is likely to deliver another round of monetary stimulus 'fairly soon' unless the economy improves considerably, minutes from the U.S. central bank's latest meeting suggested.

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Another month of weaker-than-expected U.S. hiring has increased the chances of the Federal Reserve launching a new round of monetary stimulus to boost growth, an agency poll of Wall Street economists

Brent crude remained steady at $100 per barrel on Wednesday as weak global economic data fuelled expectations of a stimulus response by central banks, and as supply disruption worries on rising tensio

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered another round of monetary stimulus and said it was ready to do even more to help an increasingly fragile U.S. economic recovery.

The central bank expan

Federal Reserve policymakers have backed away from the need for another round of monetary stimulus as the U.S. economy gradually improves.

Minutes of the central bank's meeting published on Tuesday s