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BEN BERNANKE

A long-time economics professor at Princeton, Ben S. Bernanke became the nation's chief banker as chairman of Federal Reserve System in February of 2006. Critics say he was slow to react to the market meltdown, but Bernanke has led some of the most interventionist and controversial Fed actions in its history.

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House Panel Advances Removal of Ban on Auditing Fed Rate Movesmore

A U.S. House committee advanced a proposal to remove a three-decade ban on congressional audits of Federal Reserve...

Fed May Not Increase Rates Until 2012more

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said policy makers may not start to raise rates until early...

Bernanke Says ‘Not Obvious’ Asset Prices Misalignedmore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said it’s “not obvious” that asset prices in the U.S. are out of line with...

Is Bernanke just a big hypocrite? (Dealscapemore

Al Kamen at The Washington Post penned a column on Wednesday that essentially wags a finger at Ben Bernanke's luxury...

Bernanke Says Recession ‘Is Very Likely Over at This Point’more

The Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Tuesday that it was “very likely” that the recession had ended...

Stocks Higher after Fed Holds Steadymore

The Fed kept rates unchanged and said that the U.S. economy was "leveling out". Bernanke & Co.

Big Ben and the Money Machine, Act IImore

Apparently I am one of the few who appreciates the Theater of the Absurd in the Bloomberg news article that reported...

Bernanke to Keep Blocking the Free Market more

Last week, Ben Bernanke got the nod for another stint as head of the world’s most important central bank.

Bernanke on the stump (Dealscapemore

As Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's first term slowly winds to a close, he seems to have started what appears to...

Economists love Benji (Dealscapemore

The Wall Street Journal surveyed 47 economists. Here are the highlights from the responses: The economists were nearly...

Bernanke Attacks the Recession with Overwhelming Forcemore

Call it Ben Bernanke's "shock and awe" campaign. On Dec. 16, the Federal Reserve announced that it is...

The FOMC Stays the Coursemore

Fed policymakers hold interest rates steady, saying economic activity is 'leveling out.' No hint of a defined exit...

Wall Street opens flat ahead of Fedmore

Stocks opened flat as investors shied away from big bets ahead of Federal Reserve statements today on the state of the...

Fed seen holding rates steady, ending bond buysmore

The Federal Reserve is expected to end its buying program of long-term government securities at a meeting that...

Economists Call for Bernanke to Stay, Say Recession Is Overmore

The majority of economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal said the recession that began in December 2007 is now...

Bernanke, Taylor and the rule that divides us all (Dealscapemore

On Friday, economist John Taylor, by way of Bloomberg, gave Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke a big pat on the back.

How Bernanke Staged a Revolutionmore

This chairman set out to lead as a civil servant rather than a celebrity economist. Facing a thundering financial...

Bernanke: recession could end in 2009more

The Fed's Cautious Optimismmore

The central bank's Apr. 29 statement pointed to a slower rate of economic contraction—and surprised some observers by...

Bernanke Speech at LSE more

White House Ponders Bernanke's Futuremore

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Maria’s Meeting With Larry Summersmore

reform was the focus of Maria’s interview with Summers, she also asked whether he was interested in Fed Chairman Ben...

U.S. Forced Bank Board To Carry Out Merrill Dealmore

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Let the Criminal Indictments Begin: Paulson, Bernanke, Lewismore

Anatomy of a Meltdownmore

The New Yorker's John Cassidy's profile of Ben Bernanke and the financial crisis.

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