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Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, addresses the media in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday after a meeting of the ECB governing council concerning the further strategies in the European financial crisis. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Much ado about monetary policy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this July 25, 2012, file photo, people looking for work talk at a Primerica job booth at a job fair in San Jose, Calif. U.S. hiring was likely sluggish in July for a fourth straight month, held back by slower economic growth and an uncertain outlook. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

U.S. economy adds 163K jobs; rate rises to 8.3%

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

A motorist who got out of her car argues with a demonstrator as civil servants blocked traffic during a protest against government cuts in Madrid on Monday. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been introducing successive rounds of austerity measures aimed at preventing the country from being forced into a public finance bailout. (Associated Press)

European bank will buy bonds to ease debt crisis

By David McHugh - Associated Press

VERSACE: Fast balls getting past Fed, Europeans

By Chris Versace

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

Stocks waver, scrambled by trading glitches

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

** FILE ** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress is shown on a television screen on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed says U.S. economy has slowed, takes no new steps

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

**FILE** Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks June 20, 2012, during a news conference in Washington. (Associated Press)

Fed could be moving to more bond buying

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

FOSTER: Bernanke and Draghi: Bluff and bluster

By J. D. Foster

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2012. (Associated Press)

Stocks slip ahead of crucial Fed, ECB meetings

By Pallavi Gogoi - Associated Press

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

Stocks drift lower on Wall Street; Shaw soars

By Matthew Craft - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, speaks April 5, 2012, in Berkeley, Calif. (Associated Press)

House passes Ron Paul’s Fed audit measure

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Tim Brinton

FIELDS: Looking for meaning in a massacre

By Suzanne Fields - The Washington Times

Illustration: Obama's economy by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: More malaise ahead

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Illustration: Debt cliff by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Too late to ‘do no harm’

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke appears before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, to deliver his twice-yearly report to Congress on the state of the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bernanke: Fed’s efforts have helped the economy

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Blouses hang on a rack at a clothing store in North Andover, Mass., on Monday, June 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Cheaper gas keeps U.S. consumer prices flat

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke presents his semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Bernanke: Recession likely if Congress doesn’t act

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

**FILE** Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks June 20, 2012, during a news conference in Washington. (Associated Press)

Fed officials warn of looming crisis for economy

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

U.S. consumers used their credit cards more in May

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Alaska aquarium cares for abandoned beluga calf

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press