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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that economic recovery hinges on stabilizing the financial system, and proposed new policies aimed at absorbing financial shocks in the future.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday regulators must find a way to safeguard the entire financial system and not just its parts to prevent future crises like the one currently engulfing economies around the globe...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's financial regulatory system must be overhauled to strengthen oversight of banks, mutual funds and large financial institutions whose collapse would put the entire economy in peril, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said..
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The exit ramp that Ben Bernanke was looking for Saturday had only a little to do with getting the U.S. economy back on the road to recovery.
The Federal Reserve chairman attended a ceremony naming the Interstate-95 interchange that leads travelers into h..
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Saturday the U.S. central bank would use all of its tools to stabilize financial markets and pull the economy out of recession.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The memories came flooding back to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke when he made a visit to his home town in South Carolina on Saturday.
The Fed chief was in Dillon for a special distinction: Exit 190 on Interstate 95 was being na..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday that any hope for an economic recovery will hinge on the government's ability to prop up shaky financial markets.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is again spurning speculation that the government may nationalize Citigroup or other big banks.
When asked about Citigroup by the House Financial Services Committee, Bernanke said nationalization "..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday the economy is suffering through a "severe contraction" and pledged to use all available tools to lift the U.S. out of the recession that already has cost millions of Americans..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has steadied Wall Street by telling Congress the recession could end this year.
In his semiannual report to the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke predicts the economy is likely to keep contracting i..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street signaled a moderate rebound Tuesday as investors awaited economic readings and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony on monetary policy.
The data on the economy follow another sharp drop in the market Monday that..
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this week will offer assurance that help is on the way for the troubled U.S. economy and may offer clues on additional steps that could be taken to halt an ever-steepening di..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pledged anew Wednesday to do everything in his power to lift the U.S. out of recession, while defending the extraordinary steps the Fed has taken to fight the worst credit and financial crisis since..
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced new initiatives to increase disclosure of its economic forecasts and unprecedented lending programs.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a speech in Washington, D.C., said the central bank will begin to pu..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top banking officials met Friday to hammer out details of a major overhaul of the government's financial rescue program. One official said the Obama ad..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top banking officials met Friday to hammer out details of a major overhaul of the government's financial rescue program. One official said the Obama ad..
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that President-elect Barack Obama's proposed fiscal stimulus package could help the economy, but he added that additional bailouts of financial institutions may also be needed to bring about a sustained e..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on the government Thursday to ramp up efforts to stem soaring home foreclosures, which are feeding into the country's deep economic troubles.
Although a flurry of actions have been taken to..
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Monday that the nation's economic weakness will persist for some time, even if the government's efforts to boost lending help restore the credit markets to normal.
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By Ros Krasny
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday urged decisive action to protect the economy and said the central bank had alternative tools it could employ to help as interest rates approach zero.
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