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Bernanke Defends U.S. In Speech To European Bankers
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is in Germany, where he defended U.S. efforts to invigorate its economy with an aggressive bond-buying program. The speech he made Friday at a...

Bernanke defends bond-purchase plan, warns China (AP)
AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hit back at critics, both at home and abroad, who have challenged the central bank's $600 billion bond-purchase program.

Bernanke hits back at critics of bond-buying plan (AP)
AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is seeking to defuse criticism of the Fed's $600 billion bond-purchase plan by arguing that it's needed to boost the economy and reduce...

Fed boss: regulators looking into foreclosure mess (AP)
AP - Federal banking regulators are examining whether mortgage companies cut corners on their own procedures when they moved to foreclose on people's homes, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben...

Fed Has Tools If Economy Weakens, Bernanke Says
The U.S. economy grew even more slowly during the second quarter than the government first thought, according to a Commerce Department report out Friday. U.S. GDP grew at an annual rate of...