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US Wholesale Prices Fall 0.7 Pct., Most in 3 Years
WASHINGTON — Sharp drops in fuel and food costs reduced a measure of U.S. wholesale prices in April by the most in three years. Outside those volatile...
Dow 15,000: Don’t Fight the Fed, But Be Afraid
It’s hard to know what to make of this week’s record Dow performance except to say, “Don’t fight the Fed.” More than four years after the peak of the financial...
Viewpoint: Ben Bernanke, Enabler of America’s Fiscal Dysfunction
By trying to compensate for poor fiscal policies, the Fed is making it easier for the President and Congress to evade their responsibilities.
Fed Likely to Stick With Low-Rate Stance This Week
WASHINGTON — A combination of scant inflation and still-modest U.S. economic growth will likely lead the Federal Reserve this week to maintain its drive to keep...
No Policy Changes are Expected as Fed Ends Meeting
(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Reserve is widely expected Wednesday to stick with its aggressive efforts to strengthen a still-subpar economy. The Fed will likely...
Photo Essays
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bernanke
The 56-year-old chairman of the Fed is TIME's 2009 Person of the YearPhotographs by Dan Winters for TIME
Inside the World of Ben Bernanke
A glimpse into the rarified rooms in Washington where the Fed Chairman oversees the U.S. financial system Photographs by Dan Winters for TIME
Time.com Specials
Person of the Year 2009
The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. How the mild-mannered man who runs the Federal Reserve prevented an economic...
