Tighter credit hurts real estate, little else: Fed
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Financial market turbulence has  noticeably hurt housing activity across the United States in  recent weeks but other sectors of the economy have so far been  spared, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
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The Fed can do many things, but it canât control the speculative cycle among home buyers.
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Recent credit market turmoil has  increased downside risks for the economy, but the U.S. Federal  Reserve would refrain from taking action to bail out investors  who made bad decisions, top policy-makers said on Thursday.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed a much stricter set of rules for mortgage lenders as part of the central bank's effort to avert abusive lending.
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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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Recent credit market turmoil has increased downside risks for the economy, but the U.S. Federal Reserve would refrain from taking action to bail out investors who made bad decisions, top policy-makers said on Thursday.
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Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman, argued with leading real estate analysts who concern that potential buyers have become victims in a speculative property bubble that Federal Reserve is partly in charge for such situation.
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People taking out home mortgages may gain new protections soon against shady lending practices as the Federal Reserve seeks to back even the riskiest borrowers, already hit hardest by the housing and credit crunches.
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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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Financial market turbulence has noticeably hurt housing activity across the United States in recent weeks, but has had little effect on other sectors of the economy so far, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
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U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday on deepening concerns that a crisis in lending could spread and a warning from the Federal Reserve chairman that weakness in housing could hurt economic growth for some time.
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Lower oil prices and a U.S. commercial property boom will help offset the serious problem of a cooling housing market, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said in an interview published on Tuesday.
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Turmoil stemming from subprime mortgage delinquencies could dampen demand for homes and ultimately slow U.S. economic growth, Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner said on Thursday.
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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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Federal Reserve chief offers insights into conditions strained by housing and credit crises.
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The Federal Reserve will do whatever is necessary to prevent damage to the economy from the credit crunch that has gripped Wall Street, a Fed official said Monday, warning it will take time for financial markets to fully recover from the strains.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Wednesday said that financial markets have not fully digested how the housing downturn may impact the economy, although they are positioned for the wave of mortgages that will reset to higher rates over the next two years.