Fed's Stern says rate cuts should protect economy
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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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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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A Federal Reserve governor, Kevin M. Warsh, said Friday that the Fed should be âextremely waryâ of protecting banks or investors from losses resulting from the sell-off in credit markets.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pledged Thursday to slash interest rates yet again to prevent housing and credit problems from plunging the country into a recession.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to lower 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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Inflation is still the greatest risk to  the U.S. economy, and policy-makers will not hesitate to raise  interest rates again if incoming data shows it is necessary,  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on  Wednesday.
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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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Ben S. Bernanke said that the central bank âstands ready to take additional actions as neededâ to limit the effect of the financial market disorder on the economy.
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While the U.S. economy is at some risk of a slowdown, it will probably avoid a recession, and any downturn is unlikely to be severe, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said on Thursday.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan said his successors at the U.S. central bank should  act cautiously in lowering interest rates because of inflation  risks, according to an interview published on Sunday.
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Federal Reserve officials on Friday  said falling home prices and financial market turmoil are big  risks to the U.S. economy but pledged that the central bank  would not shrink from taking bold steps to support growth.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday threw his weight behind proposals for near-term actions to stimulate economic growth to ward off an election-year recession -- but warned such a plan could do more harm than good unless put together quickly.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday that the U.S. economic outlook had worsened, and more interest rate cuts may be needed.
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U.S. Republican presidential  front-runner John McCain said on Sunday that Federal Reserve  Chairman Ben Bernanke should have cut interest rates sooner.
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The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate today, aiming to prevent turbulence in the housing and credit markets from slowing the U.S. economy.
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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 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.