Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke moved closer to cutting interest rates, signaling that risks to U.S. growth are greater than policy makers saw them just last week.
The ``intensification'' of the financial crisis in recent weeks is curbing Americans' access to borrowing, making the outlook for consumer spending ``sluggish at best,'' Bernanke told lawmakers in Washington yesterday. While he noted that risks to inflation remain, the Fed chief's testimony focused on ``grave threats'' to the banking system.
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