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BusinessWeek
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Why the Federal Reserve's 'loan' for the Bear Stearns deal looks like an investment—and faces serious scrutiny
The Federal Reserve has stretched its mandate up, down, and sideways to prevent a financial market deluge. Now it appears to be stretching..
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MSNBC
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The Federal Reserve, in an extraordinarly rare weekend move, took bold action Sunday evening to provide cash to financially squeezed Wall Street investment houses, a fresh effort to prevent a spreading credit crisis from sinking the U.S. economy.
The c..
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BusinessWeek
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Skepticism about the Fed's $200 billion liquidity plan, and another record closing high for oil, dragged the market lower Wednesday
Major U.S. stock indexes closed lower Wednesday as trading turned more cautious after the market's huge rally in the pre..
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SF Gate
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Stocks headed for a largely unchanged opening Wednesday, with investors unlikely to make bold moves ahead of a widely expected interest rate reduction by the Federal Reserve.
The market has been banking on a new rate cut to be announced Wednesday after..
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BusinessWeek
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The Fed's emergency rate cut eased the panic in EU markets, but problems such as inflation, tight credit, and a strong euro remain
European financial markets breathed a sigh of relief on Jan. 22 as share prices rebounded after the U.S. Federal Reserve..
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MSNBC
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Which is worse: Recession or inflation?
Those two economic ills, the Federal Reserve’s primary concerns, call for opposite policies. Despite recent inflation pressure from higher food and energy prices, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thur..
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Reuters
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The U.S. Federal Reserve added a total of $41 billion in temporary reserves to the banking system on Thursday, the biggest single day of such injections since September 2001.
The Fed's infusions may reflect the central bank's efforts to bring the feder..
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CNN
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The Federal Reserve lowered the target for a critical short-term interest rate by a quarter of a point Wednesday, citing continued concerns about weakness in the housing market.
But the Fed indicated that it is also worried about inflation, a sign that..
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CNN
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Problems in housing, the financial markets and the first job decline in four years have made a Federal Reserve rate cut next week all but certain. But it has also raised talk about a recession - and whether the Fed is able to prevent one.
While most ec..
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BusinessWeek
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Inflation is running above the levels that Bernanke has targeted, but he's holding off on hiking rates because of the risks
Imagine you're driving a car with a blacked-out windshield and a loose steering wheel. Now imagine that your car is the $13 tril..
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BusinessWeek
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With little room for the Fed to make a course adjustment safely, Bernanke's balancing-act comments carry even greater weight than usual
Imagine you're Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Giant mousetraps litter the landscape: $135-a-barrel oil, a ri..
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BusinessWeek
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The uptick in prices has business execs, Fed officials, and investment pros in a sweat. What steps should investors take now?
After decades in remission, inflation is making a comeback. Rising prices already are making consumers miserable and squeezing..
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BusinessWeek
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Supporters say Bernanke needs flexibility, while critics worry taxpayers could be stuck bailing out banks
For a central banker, the most important parts of the job can be the most arcane. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke drew few headline..
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BusinessWeek
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Traders weighed declines in a home-price index and a consumer confidence gauge as the Fed began its two-day policy meeting
Stocks closed mixed Tuesday as investors awaited Wednesday's outcome of the Federal Reserve policy meeting. Airlines and other tr..
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BusinessWeek
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Without fingering Bernanke, the former Fed chairman talks tough in reiterating the Fed's responsibility to "resist pressures toward inflation"
So which is it, Paul Volcker? Is Ben Bernanke doing the right thing as Federal Reserve chairman or not?
Vo..
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MSNBC
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Consultations about the situation continued through the weekend among representatives from the Fed, Treasury Department, financial institutions and others. President Bush planned to meet on Monday with his advisory panel on financial markets, whose member..
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BusinessWeek
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Action Economics still expects a rate cut of 50 basis points Mar. 18, though the Bear Stearns bailout could alter the Fed policy landscape
The markets saw some good news in two reports released Mar. 14. A report on U.S. consumer-level inflation in Febr..
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MSNBC
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A lot of readers have been wondering why mortgage rates are jumping — even as the Federal Reserve is busy cutting interest rates. This week, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke makes a special guest appearance at the Answer Desk to help explain what’s going on...
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BusinessWeek
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The Fed chief's study of the 1920s, when central bankers mistakenly kept money tight, may mean he'll dismiss inflation and keep slashing rates
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke went to Capitol Hill on Feb. 27 as if he were a general called from..
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MSNBC
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With the economy slowing and the housing market stuck in reverse, Wednesday’s surprise pop in the government's monthly inflation data was not good news for the Federal Reserve.
The problem: Central bankers now find themselves between a rock and a har..
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