Pressure on Fed to provide clarity in uncertain environment
7 hours, 50 minutes ago
But Chairman Ben Bernanke is likely to attempt to clarify in a news conference whether and when the Fed will begin tapering back its unconventional bond purchases that have boosted the economy.
Bernanke will leave in Jan. and other forecasts
11 days ago
Chairman Ben Bernanke is a deft communicator who will leave the Federal Reserve once his second term ends in January and should be succeeded by Vice Chairman Janet Yellen.
Bernanke offers wisdom but no hint of Fed moves
15 days ago
Ben Bernanke is giving Princeton University's graduating class an unusual speech for a Federal Reserve chairman: He quotes everyone from Lily Tomlin to Forrest Gump and scarcely mentions economics.
A divided Fed wrestles with when to slow bond buys
26 days ago
Its uncertainty burst into view Wednesday, when Chairman Ben Bernanke testified to Congress in the morning and the Fed in the afternoon released the minutes of its last policy meeting.
Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases
26 days ago
Still, Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Fed's most important voice, signaled Wednesday in testimony to Congress that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs.
Bernanke testimony to be studied for policy clues
27 days ago
The June meeting is one of four each year when Bernanke holds a news conference after the Fed's meeting to discuss any policy changes.
Bernanke says Fed increasing financial monitoring
38 days ago
Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Federal Reserve has broadened its oversight beyond banks and now monitors a wide-range of financial institutions that could hasten another financial crisis.
Fed likely to back low-rate policies despite gains
91 days ago
All of which will likely reinforce Bernanke's stated view that the job market, in particular, has a long way to go to full health and still needs the Fed's extraordinary support.
Fed to change timing of policy statement
96 days ago
The Federal Reserve is changing its schedule for issuing policy statements, a shift that will give Chairman Ben Bernanke more control over how investors respond to the Fed's decisions.
World stocks up a day after Dow hits record high
103 days ago
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