Bernanke Says U.S. Must Step Up Foreclosure Efforts
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged using more taxpayer funds for new efforts to prevent home foreclosures, saying the private sector is incapable of coping with the crisis on its own.
The Fed chief outlined four possible options, including buying delinquent mortgages and providing bigger incentives for [...]

Treasury, Fed Said to Unveil Plan to Bolster Consumer Financing
By Robert Schmidt and Scott Lanman
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve will unveil as soon as today a lending program to shore up the consumer-finance market, using money from the government
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Bernanke May Find Deflation `Back on the Table’ as Fed Concern
By Steve Matthews
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Five years after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke helped stamp out the risk of deflation, the threat is returning as the financial crisis and a worsening economic slump pull inflation lower.
Fed policy makers now predict the U.S. [...]