Fed Chief Gives No Hint of Imminent Rate Cut
194373
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.
652784
An expected economic slowdown hasn't materialized, easing fears of recession ahead of the Fed's latest policy statement.
97240
A Federal Reserve interest rate cut this week is no sure thing and officials are not seriously considering a half-point reduction in overnight rates, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday without citing sources.
282567
ST. LOUIS  - U.S. inflation expectations are "quite well anchored," giving the Federal Reserve breathing room for further possible rate cuts, but there is no clear evidence that a recession is at hand, a top Fed policy-maker said on Wednesday.
133034
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday a sharp slide in stock markets this week has not changed the Fed's outlook for moderate U.S. growth.
498134
BASEL, Switzerland  - Central bankers are in a holding pattern awaiting clear signs of how the last month of market upheaval has affected the economy, policymakers said on Sunday.
657322
The Bank of England has no plans to bring forward its February interest rate meeting, a spokesman for the British central bank said on Tuesday, after the US Federal Reserve sprang a shock rate cut.
744986
The U.S. Federal Reserve is not rushing to cut benchmark interest rates because it wants to break investors of the view that the central bank is there to bail them out, an article in the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday.
754345
Stocks barely moved on Thursday as investors stayed cautious before a Federal Reserve statement that could give clues on the outlook for interest rates.
274128
Stocks cut gains on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was not the central bank's job to bail out lenders and investors and offered no clear clues about the outlook for interest rates.
760433
U.S. Treasury debt prices stayed  subdued on Tuesday as fresh evidence of resilient consumer  spending suggested the Federal Reserve was not yet done raising  interest rates.
327014
The Federal Reserve is considering several steps to make its deliberations more transparent, but are likely to delay a decision on one of Chairman Ben Bernanke's goals: an explicit inflation target, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
663075
As Ben S. Bernanke celebrates his first anniversary as Fed chief, the Fed is still far away from acting on his major proposal of setting an explicit target for inflation.
378386
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.
534959
Wall Street is set for a flat start on  Wednesday after Federal Reserve minutes showed the central bank  is in no hurry to raise the cost of borrowing but raised  concerns about the strength of the U.S. economy.
721205
MONTERREY, Mexico  - A top U.S. Federal Reserve   official said on Monday the economy is doing well but inflation   remains a concern, in remarks that challenge views the central   bank will cut interest rates early next year.
414230
The steep run-up in oil prices in recent years has not triggered either high inflation or recession, in large part because consumers and businesses expect price increases to remain tame, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today.