Fed Chief Talks of 'Decisive' Action
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday signaled that the central bank will cut interest rates aggressively to try to prevent a serious economic downturn, using unusually direct and forceful language.
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The Federal Reserve is likely to follow its bold action last week to battle an economic downturn with further interest rate reductions
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WASHINGTON : With little doubt about the Federal Reserve&#39;s plans for a quarter-point rate hike, financial markets were focusing on another question: When will the Fed stop?
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Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben  Bernanke will meet on Monday with House of Representatives  Speaker Nancy Pelosi to discuss how they can work together to  boost the U.S. economy, a spokesman for the California Democrat  said.
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Philly Fed president sees no need for central bank to halt rate hikes; employment set to rise. PHILADELPHIA  - The US economy is on course for sustainable expansion with little danger of inflationary
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday that the credit crisis has created "significant market stress" and offered fresh assurances that regulators would take steps to curb fallout related to the mortgage mess.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The Federal Open Market Committee should end its practice of hinting at the likely course of future policy actions, said William Poole, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.
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The U.S. economy is in troubled waters and the Federal Reserve needs to be ready to step in with a helping hand, a top official at the central bank said on Monday.
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming  - The Federal Reserve is set to act as needed to limit impacts of financial turmoil on the economy but will not bail out investors who made poor decisions, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday.
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The Federal Reserve is preparing to meet to decide whether US interest rates should be cut from 5.25%.
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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota  - The Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts are appropriate to restore stability in financial markets and prevent damage to the broader economy, Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern said on Tuesday.
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US central bank chief hints at interest rate cut to ease credit crisis.
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U.S. markets will need a fresh dose of merger activity and a clear signal from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan about the strength of the economy and the pace of future interest rate increases to clock gains this week.
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Investor's Business Daily - Markets shouldn't focus so much on how much the central bank will cut interest rates at any one time, said Fed. Gov. Frederic Mishkin. "What is important for pricing most financial assets is the path of monetary policy, not the particular action taken at a specific meeting." That said, Mishkin largely backed up Fed chief Ben Bernanke's Thu. comments, saying "monetary policy needs to be timely, decisive and flexible." That also supports Wall St.'s forecast of a 50-basis point 18ate cut at the Fed's Jan. 29-30 meeting.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter to a US senator that the central bank would act &quot;as needed&quot; to ease the impact of a credit squeeze on the US economy.
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US Representative John Spratt of South Carolina said the Federal Reserve should ``go lightly&#39;&#39; on raising the benchmark interest rate because of the economy.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday the credit crisis has created "significant market stress" and offered fresh assurances that regulators would take steps to curb fallout related to the mortgage mess.