Bernanke says subprime losses could reach $100 bln
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke on Thursday said losses associated with subprime  mortgages could reach $100 billion.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday said the U.S. central bank was ready to act aggressively to counter a deep housing slump and credit market strains that were putting economic growth at risk.
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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. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to testify before the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee on September 20, a spokesman for the panel said on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he did not believe the growing number of mortgage defaults would seriously harm the economy
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The economy is set to grow at a sluggish pace in coming months but there are risks that elevated levels of inflation excluding food and energy may not recede, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke described the recent housing downturn as "sharp" and added "that further declines in homebuilding are likely" in a highly anticipated speech Friday morning.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is likely to tell Congress this week the central bank is more worried U.S. inflation will flare than it is that housing market turbulence will seriously damage the economy.
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The package is expected to include more than $100 billion in one-time tax rebates for individuals and an opportunity for businesses to rapidly write off their capital investments.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said in a letter obtained on Friday that chances of an  economic crisis in China were low, but that the possibility of  a "hard landing" for the economy could not be dismissed.
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If the central bank cuts rates as expected, the move could combine with a weak dollar to send crude prices even closer to $100.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that risks from inflation or a worse-than-expected housing slump could further complicate things for an economy that already is in slowdown mode.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Thursday that raising the ceiling on the size of loans mortgage finance enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy could undermine market discipline.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday the U.S. economy's prospects were worsening because of a weak housing sector and credit market turmoil and said the central bank was ready to act aggressively to bolster it.
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Problems in the U.S. subprime mortgage market are unlikely to push the U.S. economy into a recession over the next 12 months, the top economist for a leading U.S. business group said on Tuesday.
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Germany's IKB Industriebank says  losses from its exposure to US sub-prime mortgages will reach almost $1bn.
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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.