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Fed Maintains Rates and Strategy

The central bank affirmed that it would keep up its existing efforts to stimulate the economy, even though it expected a return to moderate growth.

 

Debate Shifts at Fed to Easing Its Efforts to Spur Economy

The Federal Reserve has left little doubt about its plans, but inside the central bank, debate is moving from whether the Fed should do more to stimulate the economy to when it should start doing less.

 

Fed, worried about job growth, launches new stimulus

Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve, hoping to give another shot in the arm to the pallid recovery, announced it would launch a new round of a controversial bond-buying stimulus program. The central bank also further extended its pledge to keep short-term interest rates near zero, now through the middle of 2015.

 

Bernanke says economy losing momentum, gives no hint of more stimulus

Ben Bernanke

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke gave no indication Tuesday that the central bank was about to launch new economic stimulus, even as the Fed chief painted a worrisome picture of an economy losing momentum on a wide scale.

 

Bernanke repeats Fed to act if recovery stumbles

Bernanke repeats Fed to act if recovery stumbles

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke renewed his promise on Thursday that the central bank could put more monetary stimulus into play if the economic recovery stumbles.

 

Fed looks set for new round of monetary easing

The Federal Reserve looks set to embark on a hotly debated second round of monetary easing next week, but much uncertainty surrounds the scope and pace of bond purchases by the U.S. central bank.

 

Bernanke says Federal Reserve ready to further stimulate the economy

Bernanke says Federal Reserve ready to further stimulate the economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Friday laid out a case for the central bank to take further action to bolster growth, citing the risks of prolonged high unemployment and a U.S. economy slipping into a deflationary spiral.

 

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