1. Tilt down exterior of Arab Bank

2. Mid of man walking out of Arab
Bank
3. Mid of Bank of Beirut with cars pass
ing nearby
4. Close up of First Nat
ional Bank sign
5. Wide...

Washington, DC - June 17, 2009

1. Mid of President Barack Obama walking to p
odium
2. Wide, as aud
ience sits
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama
, US President:
"It is an indisputable fact...

Janet Yellen is telling a Senate panel that the economy has regained ground lost to Great Recession but still needs the Federal Reserve's support because unemployment remains too high at 7.3 percent.

Yellen is testifying...

English/Nat

Alan Greenspan is headed for another term as chairman of the U-S Federal Res
erve.
U-S President Clinton announced from the Oval Office that he intends to renominate Greenspan for...

1. Wide of activists lying down on the ground to form the word "DETOX", as part of a campaign to protest against toxic waste being by sports giants Nike and Adidas into waterways in Thailand and China

2. Tracking...

1. Alan Greenspan walks up to microphone

2. Cutaway of crowd appla
uding
3. Wide shot of Greenspa
n speaking
4. SOUNDBITE: US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan "Should we endeavor to continue to refine...

1. Close-up pan US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan walking onto stage

2. Wide view of Greenspan spe
aking
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Greenspan, U.S. Federal Reserv
e Chairman
"Despite the draining...

1. Wide of Senate Banking Committee hearing chamber

2. Profile shot of Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman and other government financial c
hiefs
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ben Bernanke, US Federal Reserve...

7 May 2002 - Washington, DC

1. Exterior view of Federal Re
serve
2. Pull back from flags to exterior o
f building
3. Close-up slide of a
nthrax bacteria
4. Clos
e-up film of anthrax
5. Pan view of...

New York City, 16 July 2002

1. Opening Bell on New York Stock Exchange
Floor
US S
enate POOL
Washington D
C, 16 July 2002
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alan Greenspan, US Federal
Reserve Chairman: ...

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The battered American dollar plunged to record lows on world markets Tuesday as investors dumped the currency. The U-S government took no action to halt the...

1. Wide view of hearing

2. Mid view of Sen
ators
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve
Chairman.
"Many of the traditional quantitative and qualitative indicators suggest that bank...

The Federal Reserve is raising its benchmark interest rate for the third time this year, signaling its confidence that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing 8½ years after the end of the Great...

The Federal Reserve is raising its benchmark interest rate for the third time this year, signaling its confidence that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing 8 and a half years after the end of the...

President Donald Trump is choosing Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell to become the next chair of the U.S. central bank.

In a Rose Garden announcement, Trump called Powell "strong,"...

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The Federal Reserve sought Wednesday to clarify a question that investors have been trying to determine: When it might start to raise short-term interest...

The Federal Reserve is moving to inoculate the U-S economy against a spreading global crisis. Federal policymakers have cut short-term interest rates by a quarter-percentage point. The reduction will mean lower borrowing costs...

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U-S Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged Congress on Wednesday to exercise caution in deciding how to deal with projected budget surpl
uses.
Testifying before the House Budget...

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen sought Tuesday to reassure investors that she will embrace the approach to interest-rate policy that her predecessor, Ben Bernanke, pursued before he stepped down as chairman...

English/Nat

In the U-S-A, President Bush's call for a tax cut is getting some backing from the Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Green
span.
Testifying before the Senate Budget Committee on...

1. Wide of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke being sworn in

2. Cutaway wide of committee hearing
room
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Res
erve...

English/Nat

The U-S Federal Reserve Chairman on Thursday expressed some optimism that the Asian financial turmoil may be stabili
sing.
In a question-answer session with the American Society of...

Global economic reforms topped the agenda at an international finance forum in Paris on Thursday.The meeting was attended by high-level finance chiefs from Europe and included the managing director of the International Monetary Fund,...

English/Nat

The chairman of the U-S Federal Reserve on Thursday paved the way for the possibility of even higher interest rates to
come.
Speaking at New York University's Stern School of Business,...