BEN BERNANKE

Investors will eye the Fed’s minutes for any clues as to when the central bank will begin to scale back its $85 billion-per-month quantitative easing program.

The June 18-19 meeting minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee is likely to garner attention from the markets.

Payrolls growth could even slow a bit from here, and the Fed would still start to taper QE3 at FOMC meeting in September -- "Septaper."

The ECB's unprecedented move to provide guidance on future policy moves was lauded by many and invited speculation about the motives behind it.

The home refinancing segment has been particularly hard hit by the sudden rise in interest rates.

A “status quo” jobs report reflecting continued labor market healing will probably nudge the Fed toward tapering.

Fluctuating bond yields and talk of an eventual central bank "tapering" in recent weeks have spurred an exodus from bonds.

Gold rallied on the last day of the second quarter, but it was a case of too little, too late.

The White House is looking for the next U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, and the field is wide open right now.

By hinting at a QE expiration date, Bernanke has essentially hit the reset button on the global financial system. But it’s all for the better.

Five years and trillions of dollars later, central banks in China and the U.S. are determined to mop up their excessive liquidity.

New York Fed President William Dudley said that financial instability, itself, was reducing the effectiveness of monetary policy.

Gold prices are expected to drop lower this week as a sell-off in gold ETFs continues and after Goldman Sachs lowered forecasts for 2013 and 2014.

With Europe and Asia down about 1% Mon., U.S. traders are anticipating a bumpy start to the week.

Fears about the US Fed's bond-buying program weaken Indian markets and currency, prompting an exodus of overseas investors in June.

The president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank urged the U.S. Federal Reserve not to taper just yet.

Wall Street's bulls & bears are likely to battle again Friday, after the Fed signaled a changing monetary policy landscape.

Asian markets moved sharply in either direction Friday as global markets come to grips with a post-QE world in the foreseeable future.

Deutsche Bank economists argue that bond yields correlate strongly with GDP growth rates.

Can the chairman of the world's most powerful central bank still sway markets with his words? Take a look.

U.S., German and French stocks fell, on average, about 2.5%, as investors fled the markets on fears the Fed will turn off the money spigot.