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Fed Chief 's Measured Response to Crisis

As the world's financial markets experienced a wrenching upheaval and markets for home mortgages and many other kinds of debt came to a standstill, Wall Street begged Ben S. Bernanke and the Federal Reserve to do something about it.

Bush Responds With Restraint To Questions About Economy

CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 18 -- Worries about the deepening housing slump and an intensifying credit crunch consumed an increasingly anxious Wall Street last week, but President Bush barely broke stride.

Consumer Comfort Index Reports Dramatic Decrease

Consumer comfort plummeted this week amid turbulence in the stock market and a seemingly infectious crisis in the home mortgage market.

Treasury, Urged to Act, Finds Few Tools

As financial markets went haywire this month, Wall Street looked to one of its own, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., for help.

Lenders Still on Unsettled Ground

It is a tale of two Wall Streets. By immediate appearances, financial markets were getting back to normal yesterday. Stocks climbed, for the third time in four days. The nation's four biggest banks responded favorably to the Federal Reserve's efforts to inject cash into the financial system. Several...

Man in the Middle

NEW YORK -- For years, Timothy F. Geithner has worked behind the scenes as a policymaker during times of financial chaos. As a senior official in the Treasury Department, he helped shape the Clinton administration's response to the Asian markets' collapse.

Report by Fed Panel Doesn't Allay Fears

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 -- Stocks tumbled Tuesday after a report showed that turmoil in the financial markets had sharply reduced consumer confidence and investors worried that the Federal Reserve would not respond aggressively to the problems.

Wall Street All Ears for Fed Chief's Big Speech

Tomorrow, Ben S. Bernanke will deliver the most important speech in his 19 months as the world's most powerful central banker.

Bernanke Says Fed Won't Let Markets Disrupt U.S. Economy

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo., Aug. 31 -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Friday said that the central bank will take action to prevent problems in the financial markets from disrupting the US economy, if necessary.

Fed Chief, Bush Give Hope to Wall Street

JACKSON, Wyo., Aug. 31 -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Friday that the central bank was willing to take action to ease damage to the economy from troubled financial markets, and President Bush introduced a plan to help people who are at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure.