Warsh says Fed ready to act as needed
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ALBANY, New York  - Federal Reserve Board Governor Kevin Warsh said on Friday that the U.S. central bank's interest rate cut this week was designed to shield the economy from market turbulence, not bail out investors.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan said on Wednesday the U.S. economy entered 2005 in  good shape but warned fiscal discipline was essential to meet  future challenges.
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The Federal Reserve acknowledged at its last regular meeting that a policy response might be necessary if financial market conditions worsened, show minutes of its August 7 meeting, released on Tuesday.
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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 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 S. Bernanke indicated today that the central bank is likely to hold interest rates steady for a while but remains ready to hike borrowing costs if necessary to force inflation lower.
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International Monetary Fund chief   Rodrigo Rato called on policy makers on Sunday to be ready for   a slowdown in the United States, despite the prospect of strong   growth in the world economy, and to tackle rising price   pressures.
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While making the expected move, the Federal Reserve suggested that more rate increases are in order in the months ahead.
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee  - St. Louis Federal   Reserve Bank President William Poole said on Friday that   inflation must be kept under wraps, but if both growth and   price pressures were sufficiently weak, he would back a   reduction in U.S. interest rates.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - U.S. financial regulators  need to be ready in case of a crisis in the hedge fund industry  and will amend rules if necessary, the head of the Securities  and Exchange Commission said on Saturday.
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee  - St. Louis Federal   Reserve Bank President William Poole said on Friday that   inflation must be kept under wraps, but if both growth and   price pressures were sufficiently weak he would back a   reduction in U.S. interest rates.
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Faced with a strengthening economy  and scant signs of runaway prices, the Federal Reserve appeared  set to keep interest rates steady on Wednesday while keeping up  a verbal guard against potential inflation.
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Minutes from the Federal Reserveâs meeting last month also indicate that members were confident that the economy would survive the housing slump.
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Federal Reserve chief Ben S. Bernanke told lawmakers today it is "critically important" that any economic stimulus package take effect quickly if it is to help ward off recession, and the White House announced that President Bush would make a speech Friday laying out his criteria for such a program.
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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 policy-makers will act  decisively to reduce the growing risks that financial market  turmoil pose for the U.S. economic outlook, Fed Governor  Frederic Mishkin said on Friday.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29 -- Stocks rallied Wednesday as investors took comfort in Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's words that policymakers were "prepared to act as needed" to ease the impact of the financial markets' turmoil on the economy.