Neil Irwin

The central bank will seek to prevent too much inflation from breaking out in an economy it believes is getting close to operating at its full potential

All signs suggest the Greek government, for all its misgivings, genuinely does want to keep the nation in the eurozone. Some reports indicate it hasn't done much contingency planning for how a euro ex

Greek leaders think the offer on the table from European governments and IMF is lousy, requiring still more pension cuts and tax increases in a depressed economy

If Greece were to do the nation-state equivalent of filing for bankruptcy - repudiate its debts, exit the eurozone, devalue its currency - it would cause catastrophic ripples across Europe

The Fed Chair's focus is to make sure that Wall Street's ups and downs don't bring economic disaster