Article: U.S.: FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN FORECASTS SLUGGISH ECONOMY.

Article: Fed holds steady amid wan revival ; Economy is improving, ...
International Herald Tribune;  September 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Tribune 09-24-2009 Fed holds steady amid ... Economy is improving, central bank agrees, butsays ... day meeting by the Fed's policy makers, the U.S. central bank repeated that it ... that issue, the Fed is roughly in sync with the European Central Bank, the Bank of ...

Article: House panel passes bill on oversight of U.S. central ...
International Herald Tribune;  November 21, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... oversight of U.S. central bank ; Proposed new powers ... include audits of the Fed's rate decisionsByline ... faced for decades. Fed officials have adamantly ... would undermine the central bank's political independence ... to undermine the central bank's independence ... be to ...

Article: Fed Starts Rollback Of Rescue Efforts; Central ...
The Washington Post;  August 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... But neither are top Fed officials eager to eliminate ... programs. Rather, the central bank is in a period of carefully ... Rowe Price. When the Fed announced its plan to ... virtual free-fall and the central bank was throwing all possible ... small relative to other Fed actions, ...

Article: Fed Slashes Key Interest Rate, and Stocks Soar; ...
The Washington Post;  March 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... markets. The Fed is trying to ... one front, the central bank has begun redefining ... Thus, if the Fed's elaborate ... more. But the central bank gave indications ... worried that the central bank has cut rates too much. Fed Chairman Ben ...

Article: With Senate Demands, Fed's Role In Jeopardy; How ...
American Banker;  April 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... operations at the central bank. The amendments would force the Fed to disclose the ... a message to the central bank. The Senate voted ... amendment requiring the Fed to disclose how ... more power to the Fed. The central bank "is no longer independent ...

Article: Fed Leaders Ponder an Expanded Mission; Wall Street ...
The Washington Post;  March 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... investment firms, the central bank abandoned 75 years ... banks. Inside the Fed and out, there ... s Day weekend, Fed leaders knew that ... perceptions of how the central bank would act in a crisis ... past practice. The central bank was created in 1913 ... idea was that the ...

Article: Fed to slow buying of mortgage-backed securities; ...
International Herald Tribune;  September 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... backed securities; Fed moves to get out of mortgage market ; Central bank will slow its buying ... go up right away." Fed officials did not even ... timetable for selling the central bank's huge mortgage portfolio ... it stops buying, the Fed said it would gradually ...