Bernanke tells Congress U.S. outlook to improve later this year
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The Fed chief and Treasury Secretary Paulson note tightening credit markets but expect a return to normal.
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WASHINGTON -- America's productivity probably will keep growing solidly for some time to come, an important force in bolstering living standards, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.
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Rising oil prices will weigh on U.S.  economic growth but the increases seen so far will not derail  the expansion, Federal Reserve Board Governor Ben Bernanke said  on Monday.
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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's testimony before the House Budget Committee on the long-term economic outlook Feb. 28, 2007.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday estimated that the decline in housing construction could reduce gross domestic product growth later this year by a percentage point.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday the central bank will act as needed to help the struggling U.S. economy, but said the Fed has to be mindful that growth should pick up later in the year.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said on Thursday the central bank will act as needed  to help the struggling U.S. economy, but said the Fed has to be  mindful that growth should pick up later in the year.
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Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, told members of Congress he would back tax cuts or spending measures, so long as they are quick and temporary.
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A slowdown in the US economy could justify a pause in the Federal Reserve&#39;s interest rate increases, Fed Governor Ben Bernanke said on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday threw his support behind efforts to craft an economic stimulus package and repeated that the U.S. central bank was ready to act aggressively to counter recession risks.
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Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke expects the US economy to rebound, even as the housing slump continues.
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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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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the economy should grow modestly this year despite lingering pain from a housing slump and he stuck to the Fed's forecast that inflation will continue to ebb.
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House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said at a meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that she hopes Congress and the central bank can coordinate a plan to boost the economy and head off a possible recession.
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Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben  Bernanke will meet on Monday with House of Representatives  Speaker Nancy Pelosi to discuss how they can work together to  boost the U.S. economy, a spokesman for Pelosi said.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a mostly upbeat assessment of the economy Wednesday, citing improvements in inflation and housing in comments suggesting the Fed will leave interest rates alone for a while.