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The Fed chairman defended the agency’s response to the financial crisis, saying that the measures were needed to stablized the economy.

Lawmakers have called key players from past and present, including former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, to congressional hearings Thursday on the cu

Recession talk frightened Wall Street on Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its second biggest one-day point loss ever.

A weak retail sales report and dour forecasts from the Federal Reserve, coupled with sober comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, sent stocks tumbling.

After drilling Fed Chairman Bernake today Paul gives an interview on Fox Business and leaves the pundits speechless.

Ben S. Bernanke described the nation’s economy as one that was barely limping along and could buckle if financial institutions a large-scale bailout did not go forward.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Congress a grim assessment of the state of the economy, saying business growth hinges on stabilizing the troubled financial markets.

The Fed chairman and Treasury secretary have cast aside long-held views about regulation and government involvement in private business.

During an urgent visit to Capitol Hill, the Fed chairman and Treasury secretary laid out the potentially devastating ramifications of the financial crisis.

Despite pressure from the financial markets to cut interest rates, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a strong signal that he is hanging tough by keeping rates just where they are.

The Fed chairman warned that the economy would “fall short of potential for a time” and urged financial regulators to develop a broader approach.