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The Office for Financial Research, or OFR, is a new government outfit that aims to forecast financial storms before they happen.

With interest rates set to rise once the Federal Reserve ends its easy monetary policy, companies are racing to borrow money in the corporate bond market.

The chief of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is expected to be arraigned in New York this morning. Simon Johnson, former IMF chief economist, explains how a change in leadership could affect the European bailouts, and who could be in the running as the next head of the IMF.

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is expected to be arraigned in New York this morning on charges that he sexually assaulted a maid over the weekend. What will that mean for bailout negotiations in Europe?

The fraud across 20 states highlights how debit cards are more vulnerable to fraud and financial loss than credit cards.

A House committee today voted to change the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, so it's run by a committee instead of one person.

The Justice Department has sued Deutsche Bank over allegations that the bank repeatedly committed mortgage fraud. Courtney Comstock with Business Insider explains.

As Congress comes back next week, the issue with the most lobbyists isn't the deficit -- it's the battle against debit card swipe fees.

Favorite number of the week: 111 pages is the median length of the checking account disclosures consumers are supposed to read and understand...

Tess Vigeland talks to Reuters personal finance columnist Mitch Lipka about the challenge consumers face when trying to find out about potential fees related to bank accounts.