Energy, Housing Pose U.S. Economy Risks

Energy, Housing Pose U.S. Economy Risks - Bernanke

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12 September 2006 at 10:20 a.m. ET

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By Tim Ahmann, Reuters

Ben Bernanke, U.S. President George W. Bush’s pick to succeed Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve chairman, said energy prices and housing currently pose the greatest threats to the U.S. economy.

“A further jump in energy prices or a more pronounced reaction to those increases in prices that have already occurred could test the strength of the (economic) expansion,” Bernanke told Republican Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky in written answers to the lawmaker’s questions.

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