Economy to weather housing storm: Fed officials
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The U.S. economy can weather a   slowdown in the housing sector as rising incomes and business   investment offer support, Federal Reserve officials said on   Wednesday as they pointed to inflation risks.
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials are   expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, but they   are also seen renewing an inflation warning even while taking   stock of cooler economic growth.
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ST. LOUIS  - The Federal Reserve is monitoring growth and inflation risks and it is too soon to tell if housing troubles will push the economy into recession, one of its top policy-makers said on Wednesday.
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Two Federal Reserve officials said today that problems in housing and mortgage lending have begun to threaten the overall economy.
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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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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming  - The Federal Reserve will take the necessary steps to shelter the economy from turmoil in financial markets but will not bail out investors who made mistakes, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday.
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Rising incomes should support the  U.S. economy even as the housing market slows and consumers  lose the boost they were getting from home equity, Federal  Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter released on  Wednesday.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  - High oil prices will probably  brake U.S. growth but will not derail the economy provided they  do not rise sharply from current levels, top Federal Reserve  policymakers said on Tuesday.
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Federal Reserve chief offers insights into conditions strained by housing and credit crises.
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Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke expects the US economy to rebound, even as the housing slump continues.
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Home values and housing sales will take an even bigger hit than previously forecast and will not recover to their earlier levels throughout all of 2008, at least, according to the latest economic outlook from the National Association of Realtors released Tuesday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday the U.S. economy's prospects were worsening because of a weak housing sector and credit market turmoil and said the central bank was ready to act aggressively to bolster it.
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Investor's Business Daily - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered the market some soothing words Wednesday to counter consumer price and housing data that raised concerns about inflation and an economic slowdown.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday housing market woes could dampen an expected pickup in U.S. economic growth, but he restated that the central bank's main worry is 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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WASHINGTON - The message from Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues is clear: The housing slump will drag on well into next year as credit problems linger. What's not so apparent is how they'll deal with the crisis, although another interest rate cut could come this week.
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A cooling housing market is likely to trigger a slowdown in the U.S. economy next year and could weigh on the global economy as well, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.