Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke remains seated during a break in a hearing held by the…

"Such anecdotes may push back the timing of any cutback in Fed asset purchases. At least one FOMC m…

"The last Beige Book (reported on July 17) characterized growth as "modest to moderate"," said UBS'…

Employment, Wages, and Prices Labor market conditions remained unchanged or improved slightly, and…

The Fed's next Beige Book, summarizing Fed District Bank conversations with business contacts, is b…

The Beige Book provides anecdotal data on business conditions in each of the 12 Federal Reserve dis…

On the labor market, Tara Sinclair, chief economist at Indeed, said in a preview: "We expect relati…

In a client preview, Nomura economists noted that they'll be looking out for some color on the indu…

Minutes of the pre-election meeting in November showed that the Fed thought it would be appropriate…

It is a busy week for Fed news. William Dudley of the New York Fed and Dallas Fed President Kevin K…

It has been prepared ahead of the June 13-14 meeting, at which markets are pricing in an 88% probab…

In recent Beige Book reports, we've looked for clues on how the oil crash could be weighing on stat…

The Beige Book gives us a reading on how consumers are spending money, how various labor markets ar…

The focus of markets right now, however, is on what the Fed does at its upcoming meeting from Septe…

It's no hard-data, but the anecdotes usually provide some insights into what's happening on a micro…

It's not a hard data release, but will give us a sense of what is informing the Fed's outlook on co…

Wednesday's Beige Book report comes exactly two weeks before the Fed's last monetary policy announc…

Recent Beige Book releases have seen particular attention paid to commentary in the energy sector, …

In Wednesday's report, a key thing to look out for will be clues as to how the declining price of o…

The previous edition, released on November 30, 2016, showed business conditions across much of the …