The high tide of the Progressive Era occurred during the 1910s, as a profusion of interest groups with competing legislative proposals made the decade one of the most turbulent and exciting in U.S. history. Reforms at the federal level included the...

The Federal Reserve Act (ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251, enacted December 231913, 12 U.S.C. ch.3) is the act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, which was signed into law...

Who could fill Alan Greenspan's shoes? ON THE ground floor of the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, there is an electronic game which tests a visitor's skill at setting interest rates. You have to decide how to respond to events such...

Byline: Ron Scherer Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New York -- The US economy is now slowing so quickly some economists believe it is close to a negative growth rate - and perhaps the forerunner to a recession. This...

Federal agents raided the headquarters of a group that produces illegal currency and puts it in circulation, seizing gold, silver and two tons of copper coins featuring Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.Agents also took records, computers and froze the bank accounts at the "Liberty Dollar"...

There's no need to wait for a government bailout of the distressed banking system. The Federal Reserve has already begun doing so.While much of the focus among investors has been on what the Fed will do with short-term interest rates, the central bank quietly began...