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**FILE** A clerk straightens out her display at a shoe store in Salem, N.H., on Sept. 10, 2012. (Associated Press)

Consumer confidence, home prices on the rise

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

A Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

U.S. stocks drift as European gloom returns

By Daniel Wagner - Associated Press

**FILE** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks Aug. 7, 2012, to educators in the board room of the Federal Reserve in Washington during a town hall meeting. (Associated Press)

Bernanke may be losing his stimulus mojo

By Bernad Condon - Associated Press

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

Stocks rise, extending Fed rally

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

Mortgage Q&A: Variables on rates are many

By Henry Savage Special to the Washington Times

In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, photo, WorkForce One staffer Rose Capote-Marcus works with a client, Pen Osuji as he works on job applications at the Hollywood, Fla. unemployment office. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 3,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 382,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Workforce dropouts: Frustrated, retired or lack skills

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, photo, a new home is under construction in Palo Alto, Calif. The average U.S. rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage held steady this week and remained slightly above the lowest level on record. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record 3.49 percent

By Marcy Gordon - Associated Press

Inside Politics: Pentagon says DADT repeal went smoothly

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting to present the FOMC's current economic projections and to provide additional context for the FOMC's policy decision. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Egan-Jones downgrades US debt rating to AA- from AA

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Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke spotlighted chronic high unemployment in a speech in Jackson Hole, Wyo., late last month. Mr. Bernanke argued that unorthodox Fed actions have helped ease borrowing costs and boosted stock prices. (Associated Press)

GHEI: Bernanke’s more-placebo policy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

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

Fed spurs stocks higher, but some worry

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting to present the FOMC's current economic projections and to provide additional context for the FOMC's policy decision. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP sees Fed move as a ploy in the election

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

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

VERSACE: Federal Reserve shows symptoms of insanity

By Chris Versace - Special to The Washington Times

Trader Warren Meyers reacts to the announcement by the Federal Reserve as he watches a television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow climbs 206 after Fed stimulus

By Bernard Condon - Associated Press

The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fed to spend $40 billion a month on bond purchases

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Job seekers wait in line at a construction job fair in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Hurricane Isaac sends jobless claims up to 382,000

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke spotlighted chronic high unemployment in a speech in Jackson Hole, Wyo., late last month. Mr. Bernanke argued that unorthodox Fed actions have helped ease borrowing costs and boosted stock prices. (Associated Press)

‘Sense of urgency’ driving Fed action

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

**FILE** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks Aug. 7, 2012, to educators in the board room of the Federal Reserve in Washington during a town hall meeting. (Associated Press)

Expectations high for major Fed action Thursday

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

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

U.S. stocks rise; investors wait for the Fed

By Matthew Craft - Associated Press

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

U.S. stocks rise ahead of Fed meeting

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