Benzinga's Political Round Up, August 23, 2011

by Jonathan Chen, Benzinga Staff Writer

August 23, 2011 12:10 PM | 23 seconds read |

Crude oil prices rose on

out of Germany and China on better than expected data. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said the Federal Reserve

if U.S. deflation became a risk again. Japan PM Naoto Kan is likely to announce his

on Friday. A judge has given the okay for investors to intervene in Bank of America's

BAC

proposed $8.5 billion

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