LONDON — A pledge by the Federal Reserve to keep extremely low interest rates for another couple of years has calmed investors’ jitters, sending stock markets around the world higher Wednesday. The Fed’s surprise announcement Tuesday that it would likely ...

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WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was mostly unchanged last week, evidence that the weak economy is struggling to generate jobs. Unemployment benefit applications ticked down 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 428,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy expanded a little faster at the beginning of the year than previously estimated. But the pace was still anemic and economists don’t see that changing until later this year. The Commerce Department on Friday said ...

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In addition to hearing two cases on the exclusionary rule and issuing a per curiam opinion overturning the grant of a new trial on Batson grounds (see story, page 12A), the Supreme Court on Monday: * Declined to block the ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t stop the release of Federal Reserve Board documents identifying financial companies that received Fed loans to survive the financial crisis. An association of bankers wanted to stop the release but the court refused Monday ...

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WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court says a credit card company legally increased the interest rate on a man’s card without telling him. The high court on Monday ruled for Chase Bank USA and against James A. McCoy. McCoy complained that ...

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While 2011 is barely underway, there remains cautious optimism that this year will see less unemployment, more freedom in the credit markets and greater spending by consumers in Maryland and the country as a whole. For its annual First Friday ...

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Sarah Bloom Raskin hasn’t been at her new job long, but she’s already making herself heard. The Senate confirmed Maryland’s former commissioner of financial oversight to a post on the Federal Reserve Board in September and she started work there ...

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