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Key Rate May Rise, Fed Report Suggests
Even as they grappled with inflation worries, most Federal Reserve officials at their August meeting didn't think the Fed's key interest rate was too low, given the harder-to-get credit conditions straining consumers and businesses alike.
 

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business/photo Greenspan's Career
A look back at the career of Alan Greenspan, who served for 18 years as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Ben S. Bernanke

On Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, President Bush nominated Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan when he retires in January. Learn more about Bernanke's background and nomination.

Alan Greenspan's Tenure

In 1987, Alan Greenspan was sworn in as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Look back at his more than 18-year career through four presidencies with analysis of his legacy, a compilation of stories about his tenure and archived photographs.

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Bernanke Urges Broader Powers For Central Bank: Critics Worry About Fed Losing Focus (Post, August 23, 2008, Page D01)
 
Markets Rally After Oil Prices Fall Back (Post, August 23, 2008, Page D01)
 
Bernanke: Financial System Must Be Strengthened (Post, August 22, 2008; 12:47 PM)
 
Inflation Climbs to 17-Year High (Post, August 15, 2008, Page D01)
 
Credit Card Industry Faces Reforms: Congress, Federal Reserve Propose Tighter Rules to Protect Consumers (Post, August 10, 2008, Page F01)
 
Fed Leaves Door Open to Future Rate Increases: Leaders Ponder How and When to Act (Post, July 31, 2008, Page D01)
 
Online, a Community Gathers to Concoct A Neighborhood Eatery (Post, July 27, 2008, Page A01)
 
Fed's Crisis Role Spurs Questions of Overreach (Post, July 17, 2008, Page A01)
 
An Economy Thrown Into Turmoil: U.S. Financial Crisis Increasingly Infecting The Rest of the World (Post, July 16, 2008, Page A01)
 
Bernanke Endorses Expanded Authority: New Tools Needed To Avert Crises, Fed Chairman Says (Post, July 9, 2008, Page D01)
 
Whip Inflation Now, Before It Whips You (By Michelle Singletary, July 3, 2008, Page D02)
 
Fed Releases Details Of Bear Stearns Rescue: Action Taken to Prevent Systemic Failures (Post, June 28, 2008, Page D02)
 
Fed Move Would Ease Investing in Banks (Post, June 27, 2008, Page D01)
 
Fed Ends String Of Rate Cuts: Central Bank Cites Heightened Fears About Inflation (Post, June 26, 2008, Page D01)
 
Economic Challenges Draw Out Divisions at Fed (Post, June 24, 2008, Page D01)
 
Paulson Urges New Fed Powers: Bank Would Help Police Wall Street (Post, June 19, 2008; 2:11 PM)
 
Paulson To Urge New Fed Powers: Bank Would Help Police Wall Street (Post, June 19, 2008, Page D01)
 
The Fed's Rates Dilemma (By Robert D. Novak, June 16, 2008, Page A19)
 
Bernanke's Inflation Concerns Intensify: Fed's Geithner Calls for Stronger Financial Oversight (Post, June 10, 2008, Page D01)
 
Fed Official Says Rescues May Create More Risks (Post, June 6, 2008, Page D01)
 
Bernanke to Grads: No Repeat of '70s: At Harvard, Fed Chief Notes Differences (Post, June 5, 2008, Page D02)
 
Rising Prices, Falling Dollar Stoke Memories of the '70s (Post, June 4, 2008, Page A01)
 
Fed Governor Mishkin to Resign: With Several Vacancies, Central Bank's Leadership Already Stretched (Post, May 29, 2008, Page D02)
 
Fed Keeps Watch on Wall St. -- From the Inside (Post, May 27, 2008, Page D01)
 
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