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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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Bernanke Won’t Tolerate Inflation to Boost Jobsmore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank’s newly established price goal and rejected...

Bernanke Says Bank Supervisors Need to Strike Delicate Balance on Lend...more

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said bank supervisors must strike a ‘delicate balance” between encouraging...

FRB: Speech--Bernanke, Monetary Policy since the Onset of the Crisis--...more

When we convened in Jackson Hole in August 2007, the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) target for the federal...

Fed Should Heed Lessons of 1920 Recession Response, Grant Says: Tom Ke...more

The U.S. has been “overmedicated” by public policy and should consider the government’s 1920’s response to recession,...

Bernanke Drive for Openness May Include More Briefingsmore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke could double press briefings to improve understanding of policy changes that...

Bernanke Labor Pessimism Seen Misplacedmore

In his six years as Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke has sometimes proved too sanguine about the U.S.

Bernanke Says Housing Market Holds Back Fed Efforts to Boost U.S. Econ...more

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank’s efforts to spur economic growth are being blunted by...

Consumer Sentiment Falls More Than Forecastmore

Confidence among U.S. consumers declined more than forecast in February as growing optimism about job prospects failed...

Bernanke Sees Improvement in Economymore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the economy has shown signs of improvement while remaining vulnerable to...

Jobless Decline Masks Drop in U.S. Labor Forcemore

The unemployment rate’s unexpected drop to a three-year low has overshadowed a less-positive labor- market development:...

Bernanke’s Helpful Reminder, One Job Jump Isn’t a Recovery: Viewmore

Last week’s encouraging news on jobs hasn’t much changed the Federal Reserve’s sobering assessment of the U.S. economy.

Bernanke Achieves Milestone in Fed Transparency Drive With Inflation G...more

Ben S. Bernanke achieved one of his primary goals as Federal Reserve chairman yesterday by setting a numeric goal for...

Bernanke to Give Lecture Series at George Washington Universitymore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will deliver a series of four lectures to college students about the U.S.

Bernanke Says Fed Takes ‘Balanced Approach’ to Jobs, Inflationmore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank takes a “balanced approach” to its dual mandate from...

Bernanke: U.S. Labor Market ‘Long Way’ From Normalmore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke repeated that the job market is still far from healthy after signs of economic...

Paul Could Force Fed Changes on GOPmore

Ron Paul, trailing in delegates needed for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, could be positioning himself to...

Bernanke May Face ’Self-Induced Paralysis’more

As a Princeton University professor, Ben Bernanke castigated the Bank of Japan in 2000 for a “case of self-induced...

Bernanke Says He Won’t Trade 2% Inflation-Rate Target for More Job Gro...more

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank will seek to keep prices rising at a 2 percent rate and...

Bernanke Says Some Euro-Area Nations Will Grow Slowly for ‘Quite a Whi...more

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the House Budget Committee that some countries in the euro area could...

Bernanke Sees No Signs of Higher Inflation or Weaker Dollarmore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan that he expects inflation to...

Fed to Work to Protect U.S. From Europe Crisismore

Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke said the central bank will do everything it can to prevent Europe's financial woes...

Financial Crisis 2012 Worse than 2008, European Banking System on the ...more

Financial Crisis 2012 Worse than 2008, European Banking System on the Verge of Collapse. In this special weekend...

Fed Easing May Harm Long-Term Economic Growth, Former Governor Warsh S...more

Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh said the central bank’s record monetary easing may set back the U.S.

Bernanke to Testify Before House Budget Committee on Feb. 2more

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke plans to testify on the U.S. economy before the House Budget Committee on Feb.

Bernanke to Give Lecture Series at George Washington Universitymore

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will deliver a series of four lectures to college students about the U.S.

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