en-us Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:34:35 -0800 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:30:55 -0800 Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, making his case for a second term, defended his record on Thursday before a skeptical Senate that criticized the central bank for failing to prevent the financial crisis.The soft-spoken Fed chief, who is widely expected to...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:00:23 -0800 Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, making his case for a second term, defended his record on Thursday before a skeptical Senate that criticized the central bank for failing to prevent the financial crisis.The soft-spoken Fed chief, who is widely expected to...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:15:20 -0800 Reuters UK) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday will push back at efforts to curb the Fed's power as he goes before lawmakers considering his nomination to a second term at the central bank's helm.President Barack Obama nominated the former Princeton University economics professor to...]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:45:29 -0800 Reuters UK) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday congressional proposals to audit the Fed and strip it of regulatory powers as part of post-crisis reforms could damage prospects for economic and financial health in the future."These measures are very much out of step...]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:15:16 -0800 Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday congressional proposals to audit the Fed and strip it of regulatory powers as part of post-crisis reforms could damage prospects for economic and financial health in the future."These measures are very much out of step with the...]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:30:10 -0800 Reuters) - Dubai, jobs data, Black Friday results and a chance for Congress to throw fireballs at Fed chief Ben Bernanke: The U.S. stock market's path to glory is fraught with peril next week.If Dubai's debt woes intensify and prompt a retreat from riskier assets, Friday's...]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:30:09 -0800 Reuters) - Asian stocks surrendered early gains on Tuesday as investors took profits from recent gains, while the dollar was pinned near 15-month lows after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeated the central bank was likely to keep interest rates at very low levels for some time.Gold...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:15:14 -0800 Reuters UK) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a rare comment on the U.S. dollar's value, on Monday acknowledged the currency's slump was causing some prices to rise, but said other factors restraining inflation were winning the day.While showing he was not indifferent to the...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:15:21 -0800 Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a rare comment on the U.S. dollar's value, on Monday acknowledged the currency's slump was causing some prices to rise, but said other factors restraining inflation were winning the day.While showing he was not indifferent to the dollar's...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:00:38 -0800 Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose broadly on Monday, sending indexes to fresh 13-month closing highs, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reinforced expectations that interest rates would stay low to spur growth.Bernanke repeated that the Fed was likely to keep interest rates exceptionally low for "an...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:25 -0800 AKS BA CAT XOM INTC NEM AKS,BA,CAT,XOM,INTC,NEM Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a rare comment on the U.S. dollar's value, on Monday acknowledged the currency's slump was raising some prices, but said other factors restraining inflation were winning the day.While showing he was not indifferent to the dollar's slide, Bernanke...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:35 -0800 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:22:11 -0800 Reuters UK) - The U.S. central bank is monitoring the declining value of the dollar closely as part of its commitment to both jobs growth and price stability, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Monday.In a rare commentary on the value of the dollar, Bernanke...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:31:11 -0800 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:45:16 -0700 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:52 -0700 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:22:02 -0700 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:46:53 -0700 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:05:43 -0700