The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building stands at sunrise in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. The Federal Open Market Committee meets today and tomorrow after six weeks of volatility in global financial markets. Since the FOMC met in mid-September, oil prices have tumbled 14 percent, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index of stocks dropped as much as 7.4 percent from a record close. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg The dollar soared and bond yields spiked as hiring by US employers smashed Wall Street expectations and sparked heightened speculation that the Federal Reserve is nearing its first interest-rate rise in nearly a decade. Employers added 295,000 jobs in February in defiance of bad weather and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5 per cent, the lowest level since 2008. The US has now seen its longest streak of monthly jobs gains above the 200,000 mark in 20 years. […]