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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a speech Friday at the annual economic symposium hosted by the Kansas City Federal Reserve in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Bernanke didn't outline any big rescue plans, but he did say the fed has tools it can use if necessary.

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The Federal Reserve chairman delivers a much-anticipated speech Friday morning on additional steps the Fed might take to shore up the economy.

Some investors are hoping for another round of quantitative easing, but others warn that a solution can ultimately only be worked out by the president and congressional Republicans.

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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 conference of European bankers is making headlines. For more on the Fed chief's comments, Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech in Germany Friday defending the Fed's recent move to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds.

The move is called quantitative easing -- the idea is to stimulate growth in an economy that Bernanke says is still at risk.

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