Ben Bernanke led the central bank through extraordinary efforts to contain the worst economic crisis since the nineteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

The central bank would work with a proposed Financial Services Oversight Council to decide which companies are too big to fail.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

But the central bank chief expects unemployment to remain high for some time because of slow job creation.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

The European Central Bank and national central banks are barred from aiding members by purchasing their debt.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said last week that "strong vigilance" is needed to contain inflation.

VOA: special.2011.03.11

On Friday,in a separate development, police in Kosovo arrested the head of the country's central bank.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

He worked for the International Monetary Fund and the Central Bank of West African States.

VOA: special.2011.04.02

The good news: the central bank says economic activity appears to be "leveling out."

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The central bank said unemployment could remain high for the next two years.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

The central bank will budget about five hundred million dollars a year.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

The central bank said levels are likely to remain "exceptionally low .

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Mexican Central Bank Chief Agustin Carstens also wants the job.

VOA: special.2011.06.10

Japanese stocks fell Wednesday, a day after the central bank approved a new lending program to boost the country's stagnant economy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

Most economists, including Tara Sinclair of The George Washington University, say these initiatives show that the U.S.central bank is taking aggressive action.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18