<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081015/bs_nm/us_financial_fed_bernanke"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081015/2008_10_15t122222_372x450_us_financial_fed_bernank e.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=8lBcEMx06RMNp28kwbvzPQ--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks about financial markets and the Market Stability Initiative in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department in Washington, October 14, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The turmoil in credit markets poses a "significant threat" to an already slowing U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday, suggesting an openness to further interest-rate cuts.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)