WASHINGTON - Ben Bernanke's juggling act seems to become more challenging by the day. The Federal Reserve chairman has been taking extraordinary steps to prevent credit, financial and housing problems from driving the country into a deep recession. At the same time, he faces the danger that the very tonic that's supposed to brace the sickly economy could bring about another dangerous ailment-- inflation. And rare divisions have surfaced among Bernanke and his central bank colleagues about just how aggressive the Fed should be in lowering interest...
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