Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made a fresh pitch Saturday to retain oversight of small banks, contending that what the Fed learns from that role helps it assess the overall health of the entire U.S. financial system.

As Congress considers limiting the Federal Reserve s regulatory authority to just the country s largest bank holding companies, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated on Saturday that the central bank should retain power over banks of all sizes.

Fed Stands Pat in Face of Discount Rate Rumors Currency static fails to fluster Treasuries; U.S. borrowing rates stand.

Fed Can t Shield Discount-Window Use A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Fed must disclose documents related to individual borrowing from its discount window and other last resort lending programs Econ: Discount-Window Future Darkens

Fed Told to Disclose Friedman Documents Lawmakers demanded documents from the Fed relating to the purchases of Goldman stock by Stephen Friedman, the former chairman of the New York Fed.

Congressional investigators are taking a closer look at a stock purchase made by Stephen Friedman, the former chairman of the New York Federal Reserve and a director at Goldman Sachs , at the height of the financial crisis.

The Federal Reserve must reveal documents identifying financial companies that received Fed loans to survive the financial crisis, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

Interest rates mainly rose in the bond market Friday ahead of Treasury auctions upcoming next week. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note maturing in February 2020 rose to 3.70 percent from 3.68 percent late Thursday.

In a significant victory for news media, a federal appeals court said the Federal Reserve must disclose records on emergency lending programs to banks bailed out by the government in the financial crisis.