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Fed ramps up economic stimulus, ready to do more
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Jun 20, 2012
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/recovery-risks-may-stir-fed-action-015746290--business.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F8FAPX5KtwyPCBRJj9ynyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-20T213425Z_1_CBRE85J1I9Q00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FED.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke holds a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke holds a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered another round of monetary stimulus and said it was ready to do even more to help an increasingly fragile U.S. economic recovery. The central bank expanded its "Operation Twist" by $267 billion, meaning it will sell that amount of short-term securities to buy longer-term ones to keep long-term borrowing costs down. The program, which was due to expire this month, will now run through the end of the year. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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