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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/U.S. financial policyen-usWed, 01 Oct 2008 18:38:15 GMT288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/dc/Uus-fdic.R04R_IO1.htmlwed/dc/Uus-fdic.R04R_IO1.html1222885488Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:24:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/dc/Uus-fdic.R04R_IO1.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The second proposed bailout plan for U.S. financial firms may include a provision for more than doubling bank deposit insurance.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/dc/Uus-fdic.R04R_IO1.html">FDIC insurance added to bailout debate</a><br />WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The second proposed bailout plan for U.S. financial firms may include a provision for more than doubling bank deposit insurance.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bi/Uus-politics-bailout-obama.RRVG_ISU.htmlwed/bi/Uus-politics-bailout-obama.RRVG_ISU.html1222800287Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:44:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bi/Uus-politics-bailout-obama.RRVG_ISU.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., called for increasing federal deposit insurance from $100,000 to $250,000 to help restore confidence in the U.S. financial system.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bi/Uus-politics-bailout-obama.RRVG_ISU.html">Obama proposes raising FDIC limit</a><br />WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., called for increasing federal deposit insurance from $100,000 to $250,000 to help restore confidence in the U.S. financial system.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bh/Uus-forestservice.R_YA_ISU.htmlwed/bh/Uus-forestservice.R_YA_ISU.html1222793688Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bh/Uus-forestservice.R_YA_ISU.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Forest Service budget shows more than $400 million has been shifted to fighting wildfires in the past two years.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bh/Uus-forestservice.R_YA_ISU.html">Wildfires eat into Forest Service budget</a><br />WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Forest Service budget shows more than $400 million has been shifted to fighting wildfires in the past two years.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/dh/Uus-wallstreet-fdic.RdpQ_ISI.htmlwed/dh/Uus-wallstreet-fdic.RdpQ_ISI.html1221771288Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/dh/Uus-wallstreet-fdic.RdpQ_ISI.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers' money in an insured bank is safe as long as its within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage limits, the FDIC head said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/dh/Uus-wallstreet-fdic.RdpQ_ISI.html">FDIC-insured banks safe, FDIC says</a><br />WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers' money in an insured bank is safe as long as its within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage limits, the FDIC head said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/di/Uus-energyprices.R6xs_ISI.htmlwed/di/Uus-energyprices.R6xs_ISI.html1221744893Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:34:53 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/di/Uus-energyprices.R6xs_ISI.html"></a>NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices climbed Thursday for a second day, reaching $101.25 a barrel after an influx of Federal Reserve cash weakened the U.S. dollar.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/di/Uus-energyprices.R6xs_ISI.html">Energy prices gain from financial fix</a><br />NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices climbed Thursday for a second day, reaching $101.25 a barrel after an influx of Federal Reserve cash weakened the U.S. dollar.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ay/Ujapan-interestrate.RUMS_ISH.htmlwed/ay/Ujapan-interestrate.RUMS_ISH.html1221635123Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:05:23 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ay/Ujapan-interestrate.RUMS_ISH.html"></a>TOKYO, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Japan's central bank Wednesday left its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent, following a similar decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ay/Ujapan-interestrate.RUMS_ISH.html">BOJ leaves interest rate unchanged</a><br />TOKYO, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Japan's central bank Wednesday left its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent, following a similar decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cn/Uus-wallstreet.RIdO_ISG.htmlwed/cn/Uus-wallstreet.RIdO_ISG.html1221565487Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:44:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cn/Uus-wallstreet.RIdO_ISG.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Turmoil in the financial markets Tuesday overshadowed the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank's regularly scheduled meeting following Monday's market shifts.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cn/Uus-wallstreet.RIdO_ISG.html">All eyes on Fed after bleak Monday</a><br />WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Turmoil in the financial markets Tuesday overshadowed the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank's regularly scheduled meeting following Monday's market shifts.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bn/Uus-nyfed.R4yf_ISF.htmlwed/bn/Uus-nyfed.R4yf_ISF.html1221492939Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:35:39 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bn/Uus-nyfed.R4yf_ISF.html"></a>NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Manufacturing activity in the New York Federal Reserve district slipped to a reading of minus 7.4, dropping 10.2 points from August to September, the bank said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bn/Uus-nyfed.R4yf_ISF.html">New York area business mixed in report</a><br />NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Manufacturing activity in the New York Federal Reserve district slipped to a reading of minus 7.4, dropping 10.2 points from August to September, the bank said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ac/Uus-mortgages-indymac.RL9F_IaL.htmlwed/ac/Uus-mortgages-indymac.RL9F_IaL.html1219323899Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:04:59 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ac/Uus-mortgages-indymac.RL9F_IaL.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators plan to rewrite terms on about 25,000 troubled Indymac Bancorp, mortgages that could set a trend for other lenders, an official said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ac/Uus-mortgages-indymac.RL9F_IaL.html">FDIC re-writes loan terms at IndyMac</a><br />WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators plan to rewrite terms on about 25,000 troubled Indymac Bancorp, mortgages that could set a trend for other lenders, an official said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cs/Uus-bernanke.RX27_IlF.htmlwed/cs/Uus-bernanke.RX27_IlF.html1216133687Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cs/Uus-bernanke.RX27_IlF.html"></a>WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. financial institutions remain stressed and the economy faces a slow recovery, Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cs/Uus-bernanke.RX27_IlF.html">Bernanke warns of slow economic recovery</a><br />WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. financial institutions remain stressed and the economy faces a slow recovery, Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bq/Uus-indymac.RcgZ_IlE.htmlwed/bq/Uus-indymac.RcgZ_IlE.html1216083286Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:54:46 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bq/Uus-indymac.RcgZ_IlE.html"></a>WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says depositors with accounts at the seized IndyMac Federal Bank FSB have nothing to fear.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bq/Uus-indymac.RcgZ_IlE.html">IndyMac deposits safe, FDIC says</a><br />WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says depositors with accounts at the seized IndyMac Federal Bank FSB have nothing to fear.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cu/Uus-philadelphiareserve.RiVM_IuJ.htmlwed/cu/Uus-philadelphiareserve.RiVM_IuJ.html1213949760Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:16:00 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cu/Uus-philadelphiareserve.RiVM_IuJ.html"></a>PHILADELPHIA, June 19 (UPI) -- Manufacturing activity in the Mid-Atlantic region contracted over the last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cu/Uus-philadelphiareserve.RiVM_IuJ.html">Mid-Atlantic manufacturing index drops</a><br />PHILADELPHIA, June 19 (UPI) -- Manufacturing activity in the Mid-Atlantic region contracted over the last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ca/Uus-industrialproduction.RpZq_IuH.htmlwed/ca/Uus-industrialproduction.RpZq_IuH.html1213734289Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:24:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ca/Uus-industrialproduction.RpZq_IuH.html"></a>WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- U.S. industrial production slowed 0.2 percent in May after a steeper decline of 0.7 percent in April, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ca/Uus-industrialproduction.RpZq_IuH.html">Industrial production slowed in May</a><br />WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- U.S. industrial production slowed 0.2 percent in May after a steeper decline of 0.7 percent in April, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cu/Uus-budget.Ryb6_Iu5.htmlwed/cu/Uus-budget.Ryb6_Iu5.html1212707108Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:05:08 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cu/Uus-budget.Ryb6_Iu5.html"></a>WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. House, 214 to 210, Thursday approved a $3 trillion domestic and defense budget blueprint that includes discretionary funds for 12 appropriations bills.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cu/Uus-budget.Ryb6_Iu5.html">Budget resolution squeaks through House</a><br />WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. House, 214 to 210, Thursday approved a $3 trillion domestic and defense budget blueprint that includes discretionary funds for 12 appropriations bills.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/aa/Uus-wallstreet.R2xq_IyR.htmlwed/aa/Uus-wallstreet.R2xq_IyR.html1211893504Tue, 27 May 2008 13:05:04 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/aa/Uus-wallstreet.R2xq_IyR.html"></a>WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve's emergency bailout of investment bank Bear Stearns in March began an era of extended federal oversight, financiers said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/aa/Uus-wallstreet.R2xq_IyR.html">U.S. Federal Reserve expands oversight</a><br />WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve's emergency bailout of investment bank Bear Stearns in March began an era of extended federal oversight, financiers said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/aw/Uus-industrialproduction.R40l_IyF.htmlwed/aw/Uus-industrialproduction.R40l_IyF.html1210869603Thu, 15 May 2008 16:40:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/aw/Uus-industrialproduction.R40l_IyF.html"></a>WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- U.S. industrial production slowed in April after a marginal rise in March, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/aw/Uus-industrialproduction.R40l_IyF.html">U.S. industrial production slowed in April</a><br />WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- U.S. industrial production slowed in April after a marginal rise in March, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ay/Uus-newyork-manufacturing.Rtv-_IyF.htmlwed/ay/Uus-newyork-manufacturing.Rtv-_IyF.html1210867804Thu, 15 May 2008 16:10:04 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ay/Uus-newyork-manufacturing.Rtv-_IyF.html"></a>NEW YORK, May 15 (UPI) -- Manufacturing activity in New York state declined slightly in May, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ay/Uus-newyork-manufacturing.Rtv-_IyF.html">May manufacturing flat in New York</a><br />NEW YORK, May 15 (UPI) -- Manufacturing activity in New York state declined slightly in May, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ce/Ayb117319788.RPjX_IAD.htmlwed/ce/Ayb117319788.RPjX_IAD.html1210717814Tue, 13 May 2008 22:30:14 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ce/Ayb117319788.RPjX_IAD.html"></a>WASHINGTON - Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ce/Ayb117319788.RPjX_IAD.html">Bernanke: Financial turmoil in markets easing</a><br />WASHINGTON - Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ag/Ayb117321289.RbKN_IAD.htmlwed/ag/Ayb117321289.RbKN_IAD.html1210708268Tue, 13 May 2008 19:51:08 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ag/Ayb117321289.RbKN_IAD.html"></a>NEW YORK - Wall Street traded mixed Tuesday after a report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave investors little incentive to extend the previous session's big advance. Record oil and gas prices also dampened buying.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ag/Ayb117321289.RbKN_IAD.html">Stocks mixed after retail sales report, oil spikes</a><br />NEW YORK - Wall Street traded mixed Tuesday after a report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave investors little incentive to extend the previous session's big advance. Record oil and gas prices also dampened buying.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ah/Ayb117318516.Rm9y_IAD.htmlwed/ah/Ayb117318516.Rm9y_IAD.html1210705952Tue, 13 May 2008 19:12:32 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ah/Ayb117318516.Rm9y_IAD.html"></a>NEW YORK - Wall Street pulled back Tuesday after a report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave investors little incentive to extend the previous session's big advance. Record oil and gas prices added to the selling pressure.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ah/Ayb117318516.Rm9y_IAD.html">Stocks decline after retail sales report, oil spikes</a><br />NEW YORK - Wall Street pulled back Tuesday after a report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave investors little incentive to extend the previous session's big advance. Record oil and gas prices added to the selling pressure.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cp/Ayb117314942.RJj9_IAD.htmlwed/cp/Ayb117314942.RJj9_IAD.html1210693804Tue, 13 May 2008 15:50:04 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cp/Ayb117314942.RJj9_IAD.html"></a>NEW YORK - Wall Street pulled back Tuesday after a report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave investors little incentive to extend the previous session's big advance.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/cp/Ayb117314942.RJj9_IAD.html">Stocks decline after retail sales report, Bernanke speech</a><br />NEW YORK - Wall Street pulled back Tuesday after a report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave investors little incentive to extend the previous session's big advance.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/br/Ayb117311379.RDAP_IAD.htmlwed/br/Ayb117311379.RDAP_IAD.html1210685505Tue, 13 May 2008 13:31:45 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/br/Ayb117311379.RDAP_IAD.html"></a>NEW YORK - Wall Street headed to a higher opening on Tuesday after a better-than-expected report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that turmoil in the financial markets have eased.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/br/Ayb117311379.RDAP_IAD.html">Stocks head to higher open after retail sales report</a><br />NEW YORK - Wall Street headed to a higher opening on Tuesday after a better-than-expected report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that turmoil in the financial markets have eased.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ad/Ayb117115429.RaPI_IA6.htmlwed/ad/Ayb117115429.RaPI_IA6.html1210096204Tue, 06 May 2008 17:50:04 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ad/Ayb117115429.RaPI_IA6.html"></a>WASHINGTON - Battling to relieve stressed credit markets, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday it has provided a total of $435 billion in short-term loans to squeezed banks since December to help them overcome credit problems.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/ad/Ayb117115429.RaPI_IA6.html">Fed auctions $75 billion to banks to ease credit stresses</a><br />WASHINGTON - Battling to relieve stressed credit markets, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday it has provided a total of $435 billion in short-term loans to squeezed banks since December to help them overcome credit problems.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/am/Ayb117088861.Rmw5_IA5.htmlwed/am/Ayb117088861.Rmw5_IA5.html1210063830Tue, 06 May 2008 08:50:30 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/am/Ayb117088861.Rmw5_IA5.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/al/photo-cnt36716.jpg" height="98.4" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" /></a>WASHINGTON - A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew as he urged Congress to take additional steps to alleviate the problems.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/am/Ayb117088861.Rmw5_IA5.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/al/photo-cnt36716.jpg" height="98.4" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" />Bernanke urges more action to stem home foreclosure crisis</a><br />WASHINGTON - A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew as he urged Congress to take additional steps to alleviate the problems.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bc/Ayb117087579.RLIk_IA5.htmlwed/bc/Ayb117087579.RLIk_IA5.html1210036335Tue, 06 May 2008 01:12:15 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bc/Ayb117087579.RLIk_IA5.html"></a>WASHINGTON - A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew Monday as he urged Congress to take additional steps to alleviate the problems.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/usa.gov.policy.financial/2/wed/bc/Ayb117087579.RLIk_IA5.html">Bernanke urges more action to stem home foreclosure crisis</a><br />WASHINGTON - A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew Monday as he urged Congress to take additional steps to alleviate the problems.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP)