was too big to fail. The Federal Reserve rescued the American International Group with an eighty-five billion dollar loan.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

That bill would not create an independent consumer agency, but instead a new office at the Federal Reserve, the central bank.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

International banking lawyer Ernie Patrikis, a former vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, explains why.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

The Federal Reserve suggested again that short-term interest rates are likely to remain near zero for some time.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve predicted that unemployment will remain near current levels through the year.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

On Tuesday,President Obama nominated Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Alan Greenspan, who would later become chairman of the Federal Reserve, was part of this group.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Lowering short-term interest rates is the Federal Reserve's main way to get banks to increase lending.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

On Wednesday,the Federal Reserve kept its target rate near zero for overnight loans between banks.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

The new lending program will build on one announced last November by the Federal Reserve.

VOA: special.2009.02.13

The Federal Reserve this week announced a new trillion-dollar plan to fight the recession.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Last week,the Federal Reserve proposed to examine pay policies at thousands of banks.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The Federal Reserve calls America's economic recovery "disappointingly slow."

VOA: special.2010.11.05

But the Federal Reserve will pay for it.

VOA: special.2010.07.23