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Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke held a town hall meeting with military families at Fort Bliss, Texas. Topics included the state of the U.S. economy, fiscal sustainability, the European de…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke held his third news conference. He said the central bank would not take any new actions to stimulate the economy, and further it must be “free from politic…

Ben Bernanke talked about the impact of the ongoing recession on Federal Reserve policy. In his remarks he said ensuring financial stability had become a top priority for central banks aroun…

Ben Bernanke testified on the U.S. economic outlook. Among his comments he said the economic recovery was close to faltering. He said the Federal Reserve was prepared to take additional step…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Benanke spoke at the Economic Club of Minnesota. In his remarks he said the Federal Reserve Board would consider new steps aimed at promoting economic growth at its…

Members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was created as a provision of the 2010 financial regulations law, talked about what had happened since the law’s enactment …

The Senate Banking Committee met to mark the one-year anniversary of President Obama signing the Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations Act in to law, and to look at the impact of that measure. Wi…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his remarks he compared possible failure to raise the natio…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his remarks he said that if the U.S. defaulted on its debt …

The Federal Reserve Board met to discuss final rules on debit card swipe fees, the amount banks charge retailers every time a consumer swipes a debit card at the register to make a purchase.…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke held his second news conference of the year and of the central bank’s 97-year history following a Federal Open Market Committee monetary policy committee m…

Ben Bernanke made the keynote address at a conference on the U.S. economy and the federal debt ceiling. In his remarks he said that “failing to raise the debt ceiling in a timely way would b…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke gave the keynote address at an economic growth conference. He stressed the importance of government funding in research and development, especially consist…

Officials testified on implementing provisions of the 2010 financial regulatory law, the Dodd-Frank Act. The act regulates so-called “too big to fail” financial institutions and companies th…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke held the first news conference in the Federal Reserve’s 97-year history. He said the economy will recover at a moderate pace for the remainder of the year.…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his testimony he said that proposed spending cuts could cos…

Chair Ben Bernanke testified about the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his testimony he said the U.S. economy would continue to grow despite rising oil price…

The heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the acting comptroller of Currency talked about efforts to implement the Fran…

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified about fiscal policy and the state of the economy. Among the topics he addressed were efforts to restrict inflation, economic growth prediction…

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke talked about the U.S. economic outlook. Among the topics he addressed were unemployment, threats of inflation, and efforts by the Federal Reserve to sti…