Fed may keep open lifeline to financial firms
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080708/2008_07_08t080907_450x294_us_usa_fed_bernanke.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=2o02N3y62rmEfIXTb7FTcw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the Senate Finance Committee health reform summit in Washington, June 16, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080708/bs_nm/usa_fed_bernanke_dc)Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
said on Tuesday the U.S. central bank might keep open a
lifeline to financial firms, while the latest data showed
distress in the housing and retail sectors continues.</p><br clear="all"/>
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