U.S. "close to faltering", Fed ready to act - Bernanke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help an economy that is "close to faltering", Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday in his bleakest assessment yet of the fragile U.S. recovery.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19092f3e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=U.S.+%22close+to+faltering%22%2C+Fed+ready+to+act+-+Bernanke&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F04%2Fuk-usa-fed-bernanke-idUKTRE79336320111004%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=U.S.+%22close+to+faltering%22%2C+Fed+ready+to+act+-+Bernanke&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F04%2Fuk-usa-fed-bernanke-idUKTRE79336320111004%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114252679342/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19092f3e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114252679342/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19092f3e/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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