News Analysis: Facing Crisis, 2 Fed Chiefs Seemed Much Alike
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While many expected Ben S. Bernanke to bring a different style to the Federal Reserve, in practice Mr. Bernanke is remarkably similar to his predecessor, Alan Greenspan.
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WASHINGTON -- Concerns about inflation trumped worries about the slumping housing market last month in the minds of Federal Reserve officials who voted to hold interest rates steady.
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Federal Reserve chief offers insights into conditions strained by housing and credit crises.
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A serious bout of financial market instability has dramatically changed the debate at the Federal Reserve from worries about inflation to concerns about the possibility of a recession.
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Many investors are in a quandary over how to adjust their portfolios while waiting on the Fedâs next move.
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Possible differences on Federal Reserve  monetary policy emerged on Tuesday when two regional Fed  presidents downplayed the risk of inflation while a third urged  greater vigilance against rising prices.
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Federal Reserve's vice chairman  acknowledged on Saturday that the central bank's message had  been clouded by a difference of opinions being voiced by  policy-makers, but warned markets to learn to live with it.
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President Bush acknowledged "some unsettling times" in the country's troubled housing and credit markets, while Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered fresh assurances steps would be taken to curb the fallout.
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Ben Bernanke has tried hard not to follow his predecessor Alan Greenspan into the political arena by commenting on fiscal policy, but the Federal Reserve chief will find it difficult to stay above the fray this week.
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As President Bush embarked on his second term last week, it was hard to escape the sense that his longtime honeymoon with the Federal Reserve may be ending.
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WASHINGTON - The message from Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues is clear: The housing slump will drag on well into next year as credit problems linger. What's not so apparent is how they'll deal with the crisis, although another interest rate cut could come this week.
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In testimony to Congress, both Ben S. Bernanke and Henry M. Paulson Jr. said they were scaling back the more optimistic forecasts they had issued in November.
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President Bush and Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday took small, but symbolic steps aimed at easing the spreading housing and foreclosure crisis, and calming jittery financial markets.
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The Clinton administration, it seems, might not have handled the mortgage crisis all that differently from its successors in the Bush administration.
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The White House and the Federal Reserve are likely to come under increasing pressure now that turmoil in the financial markets appears to be spreading to the wider economy.
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A serious bout of financial market instability has dramatically changed the debate at the Federal Reserve from worries about inflation to concerns about the possibility of a recession
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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.