Central bankers warn housing crisis could hit whole US economy
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The crisis in the US housing market risks spreading to the whole of the nation&#39;s economy, European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet said Monday on behalf of world central bankers.
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Federal Reserve Bank officials said on  Monday financial turmoil has increased risks facing the U.S.  economy, but comments by others suggested there was still  debate about how quickly the central bank would need to act.
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US markets lose ground as data shows repossessions and overdue mortgage payments in the US at record levels.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is likely to tell Congress this week the central bank is more worried U.S. inflation will flare than it is that housing market turbulence will seriously damage the economy.
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Central banks should  focus on house price swings only if they risk causing harm to  the broader economy, and keep their eyes on ensuring stable  prices and employment, Federal Reserve Governor Frederic  Mishkin said on Saturday.
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The US economic outlook has suddenly darkened in the wake of data showing a stalling of the job growth machine, raising risks that a housing slump will lead to a full-blown recession, analysts say.
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Business & money: Finance chiefs from the G7 warn the global economy will slow down as a result of US mortgage crisis
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It is time for the banks to fully disclose their US home-loan losses to prevent fear from making a tough credit crunch worse since the central banks have done about all they can to restore confidence, analysts say.
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Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned yesterday that the US economy might slip into recession by year's end.
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WASHINGTON - The two-year US housing recession deepened in September while inflation remained in check, buttressing Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke's focus on real estate as the major threat to growth.
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The United States is experiencing a "significant" housing market downturn but the economy is fundamentally sound and should avoid recession, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will tell Congress on Thursday.
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The UK's house price boom has brought "misery" to thousands of people, a leading economist argues.
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Diversified manufacturer Honeywell  International  expects the crisis in U.S. housing loans  to affect industry and hurt economic growth in 2008, its chief  executive said in a newspaper interview.
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US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns that the outlook for the US economy is deteriorating.
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Top economists warn that a recession in the US looks more likely, and urge government action.
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As troubles in the US housing market ripple across the global economy, the health of banks has become one of the biggest financial uncertainties for 2008.
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Fresh troubles in the subprime segment of the US housing market have ignited fears of contagion that could affect the financial sector and possibly the broader economy, analysts say.