Bernanke signals bold rate action to lift growth
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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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Ben S. Bernanke sent a strong signal that the central bank will lower interest rates again this month as it attempts to stave off a recession.
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Changes in financial and credit  conditions can amplify cyclical swings in the economy and the  effect of monetary policy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said on Friday.
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The Dow Jones industrials set a new high yesterday after the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, told a Senate panel that the economy should grow modestly this year and that he expected inflation would continue to ease.
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The chairman, Ben Bernanke, told Congress today that the economy will grow gradually but warned of risks to the outlook and the need to guard against inflation.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, as rate-sensitive banking stocks gained on hopes that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will do nothing to dim hopes for an interest-rate cut when he delivers a speech this morning.
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The Federal Reserve looks set to  lift U.S. interest rates on Thursday for a 17th straight time  and will likely hold the door open to pushing them even higher  in coming months to ward off inflation.
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter point on Tuesday as widely expected, saying growth &quot;appears to have regained some traction.
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Ben S. Bernanke said today that the central bank âstands ready to take additional actions as neededâ to limit the effect of the financial market disorder on the economy.
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The Federal Reserve, encouraged by the economy's performance, boosted a key short-term interest rate by one-quarter percentage point Tuesday, the fifth increase this year.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke offered a mostly upbeat assessment of the economy yesterday, citing improvements in inflation and housing in comments suggesting the Fed will leave interest rates alone for a while.
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US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says a fiscal stimulus programme could lift the US economy.
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The U.S. growth outlook got a boost  on Monday with the release of stronger-than-expected retail  sales data that helped cement views the Federal Reserve will  raise interest rates again this week.
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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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Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, gave a relatively upbeat forecast on inflation and the economy last week, and the markets responded with big gains.
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For the third time in as many meetings, the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate by a quarter of a point, which experts say sends a message the economy is moving in the right direction at the right speed.
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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.