Bush, Bernanke launch twin subprime assault
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - The Federal Reserve on Friday reassured investors it would take any steps needed to shelter the U.S. economy from a global credit squeeze, while President George W. Bush promised to help struggling homeowners refinance their mortgages.
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President Bush enlisted two former presidents for an ambitious private fund-raising drive for victims of the deadly tsunami on Monday, asking Americans to open their wallets to help the millions left homeless, hungry and injured.
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Stocks surged on Friday as President Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured investors they would do what was needed to shelter the economy from market turmoil.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged Congress on Tuesday to bolster regulation of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and suggested limiting their massive holdings to guard against any danger their debt poses to the overall economy.
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Bush administration remedies for the ailing housing market.
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A consensus that the struggling U.S. economy needs a rescue emerged on Thursday as the powerful Federal Reserve chairman backed the idea and President George W. Bush made clear he would offer a plan soon.
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President George W. Bush and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday  threw their weight behind calls for a fiscal stimulus of up to $150bn as stocks fell to their lowest levels since October 2006.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke is suggesting that policy makers look for ways to encourage a wider range of mortgages geared for low-income and other borrowers who have been hard hit by the housing slump and credit crunch.
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Ben S. Bernanke said the Federal Reserve was âprepared to act as neededâ but suggested developing a wider range of mortgages for borrowers hit by the housing slump and credit crunch.
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President George W. Bush will  propose reforms on Friday intended to help homeowners with  subprime mortgages avoid default, his first public step to  address a crisis that has created turmoil in financial markets  around the world.
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President Bush will announce plans on Friday to help homeowners with sub-prime mortgages avoid defaulting.
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Stock futures signaled a surge on Wall Street at the open on Friday as investors bet President Bush would unveil a plan to help subprime mortgage borrowers and loosen credit conditions that have rattled financial markets for six weeks.
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'Project Lifeline' is the Bush administration's latest step to ease the woes from the subprime-loan debacle.
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Despite statements from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and President Bush, it was a withering week on Wall Street.
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Stocks surged on Friday after a speech by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spurred speculation for a benchmark interest rate cut next month and President Bush said he would help struggling subprime mortgage borrowers avoid foreclosure.
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Fed Chairman Bernanke struck a familiar chord Wednesday but with some concern about subprime problems spilling into the broader economy.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said on Thursday that subprime mortgage losses could  hit $100 billion and threaten consumer spending, but he sought  to reassure lawmakers that the central bank was working quickly  to strengthen lending regulations.