Fed Chair Ben Bernanke speaks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's annual conference in Chicago

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday that further reductions in the current lending rate are possible.

SINGAPORE, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The man who forecast major upheavals from the 1987 stock market crash to the "panic of 2008" is now predicting food riots, a tax rebellion and general mayhem by 2012 -- in just four years' time. Less alarmist is the U.S. National Intelligence Council's "Global Trends 2025." But this could still be mayhem, with the United States no longer in the catbird's seat.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The surprise development of falling prices has experts worried that such a hiccup could greatly stall the U.S. economy, economists said.

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.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday praised the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s approach to heading off home foreclosures.

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke used an appearance in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday to highlight international banking cooperation.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama likely will keep Bush appointees in several critical posts for continuity in his administration's early days, observers said.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Authorities at central banks in Europe and the United States have indicated that lending rate cuts to support the battered global economy may be coming soon.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama says he's not ready commit to attending an economic summit announced by the White House should he be elected.