Fed Chief Calls for Efforts to Balance World Trade
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The United States and other countries must work together to right a skewed pattern of trade and investment around the globe, Ben S. Bernanke suggested today.
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Pacific Rim finance ministers called on  Friday for some emerging Asian economies to show greater  currency flexibility to address global imbalances and for the  group to work toward reviving world trade talks.
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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.
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The United States faces  a "growth crisis over time" from its large and persistent  current account imbalance, Thomas Hoenig, president of the  Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, said on Friday.
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Global finance chiefs sought a way  on Friday to put pressure on China to let its currency rise in  value to ease global trade imbalances and also aimed to craft a  message to soothe turbulent financial markets.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow on  Tuesday pledged a renewed drive to get countries like China to  adopt flexible currency rates so that U.S. trade deficits do  not continue to swell.
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With lawmakers nipping at his heels  over U.S. trade deficits, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will  try to persuade key Asian nations during a visit this week that  they must act quickly to help tamp down protectionist  pressures.
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The Fed chief said today 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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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's policy-setting panel spent part of its September gathering discussing the implications of the massive US trade gap, according to minutes of the meeting that were disclosed yesterday.
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Saturday 20 November 2004 The Federal Reserve chairman is concerned that foreign investors may unload the US currency because of the growing trade deficit.
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BASEL, Switzerland -- Central bankers, joined by commercial counterparts and financial regulators from around the globe, yesterday discussed ways to ensure smooth economic growth amid worries over widening US deficits.
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Top world finance chiefs stepped up pressure on China to relax its grip on its currency, warning that trade imbalances threaten a flourishing global economy.
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Prices are rising for foreign goods, but a falling greenback could help balance the world economy and fix America's trade deficit.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Business leaders rattled by a slump in global markets urged the U.S. and other central banks on Wednesday to get a grip on the global economy and some accused the Federal Reserve of losing its nerve.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday the United States should cut its budget gap to foster a more balanced pattern of global trade and avoid painful economic consequences.
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China's central bank governor,  acknowledging the challenge posed by China's trade surplus, on  Tuesday described currency reforms to date as important and  said their impact would be felt over time.
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Global finance chiefs sought on Friday to put pressure on China to let its currency rise in value to ease global trade imbalances and also aimed to craft a message to soothe turbulent financial markets.