Bernanke faces grilling on fiscal stimulus stance
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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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The Federal Reserve is considering several steps to make its deliberations more transparent, but are likely to delay a decision on one of Chairman Ben Bernanke's goals: an explicit inflation target, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday held the door open to more interest rate cuts to help the struggling U.S. economy, but told Congress the central bank expects growth to pick up later in the year.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke will accompany Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and  other cabinet officials to Beijing next month to try to  persuade China to alter its economic policies, senior U.S.  government officials said on Thursday.
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The White House, seeking a strong economic team to craft and sell key features of its second-term agenda, is considering tapping Federal Reserve Board member Ben S. Bernanke to serve as chairman
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The Federal Reserve will  take the necessary steps to shelter the economy from turmoil in  financial markets but will not bail out investors who made  mistakes, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke today gave the clearest indication yet that the central bank will move aggressively to cut interest rates to try to prevent a serious economic downturn.
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Ben S. Bernanke expressed concern Tuesday over trade imbalances between emerging and industrial nations.
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Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. has enlisted the help of Ben S. Bernanke to press for changes in Chinese economic policies.
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Ben Bernanke, the man who holds the reins of the economy, likes to listen. Now he's starting to say what's on his mind
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke looks set to tell Congress this week that the U.S.  economy is sound, but that the central bank is still concerned  that inflation, while moderating, may not fully come to heel.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke is suggesting that policy makers look for ways to encourage a wider range of mortgages geared for low-income and other borrowers who have been hard hit by the housing slump and credit crunch.
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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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Investors banking on more  interest-rate cuts may get some clues about what comes next  from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who testifies  before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress on Thursday.
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As Bernanke calls for new mortgage rules on Capitol Hill, the rate cut afterglow appears to be fading.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday warned lawmakers that as the country's baby boomer generation ages, funding shortfalls to government programs such as Medicare and Social Security will create an unsustainable fiscal situation.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke did not discuss the economy or the outlook for  inflation or interest rates on Friday in brief introductory  remarks at a conference on monetary policy.