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The economy is improving, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday, but not enough to warrant higher interest rates for at least two-and-a-half more years.

The central bank indicated that it expects to keep the federal funds rate near historic lows until late 2014 -- an extension from the Fed's original pledge to keep rates low through mid 2013.

A new survey from the Council on Foundations and CF Insights found that although their assets has rebounded, giving by the nation's community foundations still lags the stock market's powerful move up from the lows in 2009....

Home prices sank to post-housing bust lows in eight big cities, as prices fell nationwide in November, the latest S&P/Case-Shiller report shows.

Wary investors who stayed away from the market as stocks rebounded from their 2009 lows might prefer to ease back in with some blue-chip names.

Applications for mortgage refinancing hit a 15-month high last week as interest rates remained near historic lows, a mortgage bankers' group said Wednesday.

Investors pushed the euro up from recent lows, but for many other currencies some of the damage may have already been done.

Alisa Roth reports.

The Standard & Poor's 500 is up more than 60% from its lows, and it's getting harder to be a hater of the stock market.

What should you do?

What matters in the market sometimes aren't the highs and the lows, but how much the market moves in the course of a day or a week.

Kai Ryssdal explores the markets with Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial.

Last week's big selloff did more than just rattle investors: it put an end to a seven-month win streak that had pushed the S&P 500 more than 60% above the March lows.

With interest rates near their historic lows, it's tempting to try to secure a rate as quickly as possible, but homebuyers can sometimes pay more by locking in early.