Bernanke hopes U.S. not relegated to slow recovery

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday it was unclear whether the U.S. economy would be relegated to the type of slow recovery that typically follows....

Bernanke speech shows effort to find Fed consensus

Ben Bernanke is struggling to build consensus among Federal Reserve officials about what steps are needed - if any - to give the economy a boost...

Voters Back Tough Steps to Reduce Deficit

Frustrated voters, fixing on the $1.5 trillion federal deficit as a symbol of Washington's paralysis...

Bank failure pace more than double last year

Regulators on Friday shut down a Nevada bank, raising to 83 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

Fed Rejects Geithner Request for Study of Governance, Structure...

By Craig Torres and Robert Schmidt..

The Federal Reserve Board has rejected a request by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for a public review of the central bank’s structure..

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