Fed chief ready to cut US interest rates
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Ben Bernanke says Federal Reserve is ready to act aggressively if needed to support growth
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Ben S. Bernanke signaled that the Federal Reserve was not inclined to lower interest rates any time soon.
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Wall Street is looking for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve Bank to help bolster the United States economy and ease problems caused by tightening credit availability.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher on Monday said the U.S. central bank cut interest rates last week to avert an unacceptable economic slowdown and said it could move again, in either direction.
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WALL STREETâs leading institutions expect the US Federal Reserve to raise American interest rates tomorrow, despite anxiety over the global outlook for 2005.
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The US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates from 4.75% to 4.5% to help kickstart housing and credit markets.
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The Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to 3.5%, as it aims to reduce the risk of a US recession.
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The Fed Chairman offers a salve for the economy's deepening wound by keeping the door open to further rate cuts.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers started a one-day meeting on Tuesday that was widely expected to end with Chairman Ben Bernanke's first interest rate cut.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a speech Thursday that the central bank is prepared to continue lowering interest rates in order to help keep the economy on track.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to  lower U.S. interest rates on Wednesday as part of an ongoing  aggressive effort to spare the economy from the worst effects  of a deep housing slump and credit crunch.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday acknowledged the economy faces increased risks and indicated the U.S. central bank is ready to cut interest rates aggressively to support growth.
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The Federal Reserve's interest rate  cuts and injections of liquidity should help stabilize  struggling housing and financial markets, and inflation should  moderate later this year, Atlanta Fed Bank President Dennis  Lockhart said on Friday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke indicated today that the central bank is likely to hold interest rates steady for a while but remains ready to hike borrowing costs if necessary to force inflation lower.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns in his memoir that if the Fed is to keep the inflation rate between 1 and 2 percent in coming years it could be required to force interest rates into double digits, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - A top U.S. Federal Reserve   official said on Monday the economy is doing well but inflation   remains a concern, in remarks that challenge views the central   bank will cut interest rates early next year.
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Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher on Thursday joined a chorus of officials warning that high inflation ties the hands of the U.S. central bank in its bid to blunt a sharp slowdown in the world's largest economy by lowering interest rates.