... the longer term, we will have neither financial stability nor healthy economic growth," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently told Congress. - Advertisement - Higher taxes, or reduced federal benefits and services or a combination ...

... 611.49, the lowest in nearly a year and the first month-to-month drop since March. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has predicted the recession, the longest since World War II, will end later this year. And most economists still ...

... percent annualized drop in the fourth quarter of 2008 the biggest in a quarter-century. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said he's hopeful the recession will end later this year. And NABE forecasters say the economy could start growing ...

... practices employed by credit card companies that are considered to be "unfair and deceptive" to consumers. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announced the new regulations, saying "[t]he revised rules on this industry represent the most comprehensive and ...

... economic fallout felt by many struggling Americans. To battle the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues already have ratcheted down their main lever for influencing the economy the federal funds rate to ...

... statement made clear that economic conditions have worsened since its last meeting in October. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues said they will use unconventional methods to try to contain a financial crisis that is the worst ...

... would be revealed in Geithner's speech in Washington next week. Geithner met Thursday with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other officials who serve on the President's Working Group on Financial Markets. The group was formed in the ...

... reminder" of a need for action at home and abroad. The recession may well end later this year Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and many private analysts see that possibility but rehiring historically doesn't get going until after an economic ...

... came in at 12 percent, South Carolina at 11.5 percent and Rhode Island at 11.1 percent. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said he expects the economy to begin growing again later this year, but the recovery is expected to be slow, with ...

... troubled economic past." Obama's message came on a day of conflicting economic indicators and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's suggestion that the recession may at last be bottoming out. - Advertisement - It would have been difficult to make ...