Jeanna Smialek

A March 10 employment report is the most significant data report before decision day, March 15.

Meeting notes show some officials say a hike should happen in December.

Officials might wait to get a sense of the fallout before making a decision on rate increases.

Three officials, the most since December 2014, dissented in favor of an immediate quarter-point hike.

Janet Yellen will frame a decision this week to forgo an interest rate increase as necessary to achieve the Fed’s economic goals. Donald Trump and his supporters are likely to frame it as political.

“We get very nervous when the stock price index goes to high P/E, we ought to be somewhat nervous when the bond rate does the same,” the former Fed chairman says.

There are risks of contagion to other countries, but "it will take a significant amount of time to see how all that unfolds," says Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan.

Britain's vote to leave the European Union will almost certainly have repercussions for the Federal Reserve -- and those could play out over days or months.

Here’s what to listen for when Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks later on Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve chairwoman was mum about when there might be another hike, which for some suggests she's not in a hurry.

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said she is increasingly confident that the economy is growing sufficiently to achieve labor-market improvement and higher inflation, laying the groundwork for a December interest-rate increase if data hold up.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and New York Fed President William Dudley both said the central bank could boost interest rates as soon as next month, while Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer voiced confidence that inflation isn’t too far below the central bank’s goal.

After years of enduring meager returns on low-risk investments, retirees can look forward to more money in their pockets after the Fed starts raising interest rates, though the benefits won’t flow swiftly. The Fed, which has drawn political ire for policies that critics say penalized savers, says it expects to only raise rates gradually.

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