No need to lift GSE investment caps: Bernanke
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Regulators need not lift investment caps on Fannie Mae  and Freddie Mac  in order to rescue troubled subprime borrowers, but new loan products could help some avoid foreclosure, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter released on Wednesday.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the US economy will pick up in the coming year and emphasized that inflation remains his greatest concern.
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Rising oil prices will weigh on US economic growth but the increases seen so far will not derail the expansion and need not fuel a troubling inflation, Federal Reserve Board Governor Ben Bernanke said on Monday.
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The U.S. economy is poised to expand at a moderate rate and "uncomfortably high" core inflation should slow, but inflation risks are "primarily to the upside," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.
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The Fed chief said he saw little cause for alarm in either the previous dayâs stock market plunge or new evidence of slowing economic growth.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said in a letter obtained on Friday that chances of an  economic crisis in China were low, but that the possibility of  a "hard landing" for the economy could not be dismissed.
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Rising oil prices will weigh on economic growth, but the increases so far will not derail the expansion and need not fuel troubling inflation, Federal Reserve Board Governor Ben Bernanke said yesterday.
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Australia's central bank has eased fears of a pre-Christmas interest rate rise, saying it sees no need yet for an increase in a buoyant economy firmly underpinned by global recovery and strong commodity prices.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday that Chinese policy-makers risk losing control of their economy unless they let their yuan currency rise in value and strengthen their financial system.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday this week's sharp stock market drop had not changed the Fed's view that the U.S. economy was sound, remarks that helped shaken markets regain confidence.
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The speed at which  the U.S. economy can grow without risking inflation has likely  dropped due to slower labor force growth, but the productivity  gains that help restrain inflation should stay strong, Federal  Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday.
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Global factors may on  balance have boosted U.S. inflation, but globalization has not  affected the ability of the Federal Reserve to influence U.S.  financial conditions, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed confidence on Wednesday in the health of the U.S. economy despite a housing slowdown, but warned of risks to the current generally benign outlook for inflation.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday rejected a Democratic lawmaker's suggestion that he consider cutting interest rates to bolster the economy.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Thursday that raising the ceiling on the size of loans that mortgage finance enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy could undermine market discipline.
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Investor's Business Daily - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered the market some soothing words Wednesday to counter consumer price and housing data that raised concerns about inflation and an economic slowdown.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday threw his support behind efforts to craft an economic stimulus package and repeated that the U.S. central bank was ready to act aggressively to counter recession risks.