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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Wednesday that bond buying and other steps by the Fed are still an option if the economy should weaken. (Associated Press)

Fed sees moderate growth; no action on interest rates

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

** FILE ** In a Feb. 2, 2012, file photo Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Budget Committee. The Federal Reserve will have plenty to say about the economy Wednesday, April 25, 2012, when its two-day policy meeting ends. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster/file)

Few expect major shifts as Fed ends policy meeting

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

**FILE** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies Feb. 2, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the House Budget Committee. (Associated Press)

Fed likely to keep stance on rates and bond buys

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which filed the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history, violated its own risk-management rules with the knowledge of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a bankruptcy examiner said. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

MCKINLEY AND FITTON: Bernanke’s fairy tale recession story for kids

By Vern McKinley and Tom Fitton

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks at the 2012 Financial Markets Conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta at the Stone Mountain Evergreen Convention Center outside Atlanta on Monday, April 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Phil Skinner)

Bernanke: Fed working on regulatory failures

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Knowing past mistakes may not prevent them

The Washington Times

Mark Bollinger sprays a finish on some wooden footboards for beds inside a spray booth at the Lincolnton Furniture Company in Lincolnton, N.C., on March 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. economy grew 3 percent in final quarter of 2011

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

"The Great Depression informed the Fed's actions and decisions in the recent crisis," Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said at George Washington University, noting the Fed's multiple missteps during the 1930s in failing to stem the financial panics, bank runs and economic downspiral that created such desperate conditions. (Associated Press)

Bernanke: Fed actions prevented a depression

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke

Bernanke: U.S. job market weak despite gains

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Big gain for stocks after Bernanke remarks

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

Inside Politics: Malia Obama safe after Mexico quake

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke

Bernanke stands by plan to keep record-low rates

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Illustration by William Brown

GROVER: Get the Fed out of the housing market

By Eric Grover - The Washington Times

**FILE** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke takes part in a news conference Jan. 25, 2012, at the William McChesney Martin Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Bernanke: Community banks have strengthened

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before the House Budget Committee on Feb. 2, 2012, is visible on a television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Associated Press)

Bernanke: Weak housing has hurt consumer spending

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Illustration: Entitlements by A. HUNTER for The Washington Times.

GHEI: A nation of moochers

By Nita Ghei - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Budget Committee on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Bernanke defends Fed policies against GOP critics

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke takes part in a news conference at the William McChesney Martin Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, following the January Federal Open Market Committee meeting. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fed unlikely to raise rates till at least 2014

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

President Obama speaks on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, during the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at National Harbor in Oxon Hill. (Associated Press)

MURRAY AND BIER: Avoiding a lost decade

By Iain Murray and David Bier - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke

EDITORIAL: No move is good move

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times