Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Business News

U.S. Stocks Fall on March Retail Sales

Apr. 14, 2009
Stock markets fell today despite encouraging remarks from President Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. But the markets might have been guided more by new government data that showed retail sales fell unexpectedly in March.
Related Stories from UPI.com
U.S. markets fall Tuesday

U.S. markets fall Tuesday

NEW YORK, April 14 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes tumbled Tuesday on a U.S. Commerce Department report that showed retail sales in March fell further than economists expected.
Bernanke says some markets have eased

Bernanke says some markets have eased

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeated Wednesday his assertion the economy would start to rebuild in 2010.
Bernanke says credit is improving

Bernanke says credit is improving

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told members of Congress Tuesday the federal equity purchase plan has begun to take hold.

Stocks fall around the globe

PARIS, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Spain and Britain moved to bailout banks Wednesday as stock markets plunged in Europe and Asia.
Bernanke says restoring liquidity helped

Bernanke says restoring liquidity helped

ATLANTA, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday the central bank's efforts to add liquidity to financial markets appear to have made an impact.

U.S. stocks fall on sales, inflation fears

NEW YORK, June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes fell Tuesday following retail sales profit warnings and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's statement inflation risks were still high.

U.S. stocks up a bit after Bernanke talk

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes closed barely up Tuesday following comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Bernanke sworn in as 14th Fed chairman

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Ben Bernanke was sworn in Monday as the 14th chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve. The ceremony at the Federal Reserve building was attended by President Bush and Bernanke's two predecessors, Paul Volker and Alan Greenspan.

Ben Bernanke sworn in as new Fed chairman

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Ben S. Bernanke was sworn in Wednesday as the 14th chairman of the board of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.

Bush names Ben Bernanke as next Fed chair

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Ben Bernanke, head of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, was nominated Monday to be the next head of the Federal Reserve.
1 of 27
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler