Stocks & Bonds: Fed Chief Expresses Caution, but Market Is Not Fazed
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Wall Street extended its February rally yesterday, even as the Federal Reserve chairman warned that price pressures remained a concern.
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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 Bernanke expressed confidence on Wednesday in the health of the U.S. economy despite a housing slowdown, but warned of risks to the current generally benign outlook for inflation.
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San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen said on Monday that financial turmoil had "appreciably" increased risks facing the U.S. economy, but other Fed officials said it was unclear if the economy had taken a turn for the worse.
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Federal Reserve Vice-Chairman Donald Kohn said on Friday the economy still faced a risk from potential inflation even though the trend in prices currently appeared to be downward.
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming  - 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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Many investors are in a quandary over how to adjust their portfolios while waiting on the Fedâs next move.
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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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Plainly spelling out the risks, Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke said last week that inflation remained Âuncomfortably high.Â
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NEW YORK, October 20  - The US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, does not expect the record high consumer debts and rising home prices to emerge as serious sustained threats to the US economy.
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The Federal Reserve tried to soothe Wall Streetâs nerves Wednesday, but a fund manager frayed them by warning that two pillars of the financial markets might crumble.
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Policy-makers assured nervous investors on Friday that the United States was not heading into recession and stock market losses did not warrant central bank intervention.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve remains worried inflation is too high, but is also watching to see how much a "substantial correction" in housing markets will slow economic growth, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Concerns about inflation trumped worries about the slumping housing market last month in the minds of Federal Reserve officials who voted to hold interest rates steady.
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Traders probably do not expect anything as seductive as a promise to cut interest rates in Ben S. Bernankeâs update to Congress on the economy and Federal Reserve policy.
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San Francisco Federal Reserve  Bank President Janet Yellen said on Monday that financial  turmoil had &quot;appreciably&quot; increased risks facing the U.S.  economy, but other Fed officials said it was unclear if the  economy had taken a turn for the worse.
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Stocks could move higher next week after a bond market rout led investors to wonder if the threat of inflation was on the horizon or if the economy was actually stronger than expected, and good for stocks.