Bernanke to say economy sound, inflation a risk
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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.
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The Federal Reserve would raise interest rates if inflation moved higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday, warning that the economy might be stronger than it appears.
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GREENVILLE, South Carolina  - The speed at which   the U.S. economy can grow without risking inflation has likely   dropped due to slower labor force growth, but the productivity   gains that help restrain inflation should stay strong, Federal   Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said in a letter released on Thursday that  interest-rate policy must be forward looking and rely on the  central bank&#039;s view of how the economy is evolving.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted Tuesday the economy will rebound from an anemic performance at the start of the year even if the housing slump continues.
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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.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday the U.S. economy will grow gradually this year and gain steam in 2008, but warned there are many risks to the outlook and stressed the U.S. central bank is on guard against inflation.
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Inflation is still the greatest risk to  the U.S. economy, and policy-makers will not hesitate to raise  interest rates again if incoming data shows it is necessary,  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on  Wednesday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the economy should grow modestly this year despite lingering pain from a housing slump and he stuck to the Fed's forecast that inflation will continue to ebb.
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US inflation is under control and is expected to remain tame, Federal Reserve Board governor Ben Bernanke said.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday threw his support behind efforts to craft an economic stimulus package and repeated that the U.S. central bank was ready to act aggressively to counter recession risks.
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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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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming  - The Federal Reserve is set to act as needed to limit impacts of financial turmoil on the economy but will not bail out investors who made poor decisions, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve remains worried inflation is too high, but is also watching to see how much a "substantial correction" in housing markets will slow economic growth, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. economy is poised to expand  at a moderate rate and "uncomfortably high" core inflation  should ease, but price risks are tilted mostly to the upside,  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he did not believe the growing number of mortgage defaults would seriously harm the economy
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The U.S. economy is poised to expand at a moderate rate and "uncomfortably high" core inflation should slow, but inflation risks are "primarily to the upside," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.