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  1. Could the Eurozone Crisis Cause Another Lehman Moment?
    Naked Capitalism 13 minutes ago

    The Federal Reserve eventually stepped in and backstopped the money markets. Lehman’s bankruptcy had a tremendous psychological impact on the political officials who forced the investment bank to file for bankruptcy, such as Tim Geithner and Ben... Full Article at Naked Capitalism

  2. TIPS Give Bernanke Green Light to Ease Amid Record Yields
    Bloomberg.com logo Bloomberg.com 2 hours ago

    Further stimulus carries political risks. Republican lawmakers and economists wrote an “Open Letter to Ben Bernanke” on Nov. 15, 2010, opposing QE2 and disagreeing with the view that inflation should be pushed higher. GOP presidential contender Mitt... Full Article at Bloomberg.com

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago
    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange works on the floor as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announces that it will hold its key interest rate near zero on April 25, 2012 in New York City. According to forecasts...

    NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange works on the floor as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announces that it will hold its key interest rate near zero on April 25, 2012 in New York City. According to forecasts... View Photo »

  4. Although the ratios of nonperforming assets remain high in many cases, asset quality appears to be stabilizing and bank provisions for loan losses are decreasing ... In addition, capital ratios are steadily improving at community banks, in part due to increases in retained earnings and a greater ability...
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Myrtle Beach Sun News 2 weeks ago
  5. In the global beauty contest, the dollar is the least ugly candidate
    DNA India logo DNA India 2 hours ago

    In Europe, the attention seems to have shifted to Spain. I was reading somewhere that the assets of the three biggest banks of Spain are at $2.7 trillion Full Article at DNA India

  6. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Except For Those On Medicare
    Hall of Record logo Hall of Record 13 hours ago

    "The new group at the Fed is not equal to the problem that faces it," she says, daring to utter a thought that fellow critics mostly utter sotto voce.January 22, 2008 The cut has become infected and a limb is in danger. Ben Bernanke is panicking and... Full Article at Hall of Record

  7. US Fed May do the Twist
    Ebeling Hefferman Live Trading News logo Ebeling Hefferman Live Trading News 14 hours ago

    US Federal Reserve policy makers may find another round of Operation Twist preferable to an outright asset-purchase program if the US economy shows further signs of weakness or risks increase. Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on 25 April said he was prepared to... Full Article at Ebeling Hefferman Live Trading News

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago
    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens to a question from a reporter during a press briefing at the Federal Reserve building, on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. Chairman Bernanke has again said that the Fed's...

    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens to a question from a reporter during a press briefing at the Federal Reserve building, on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. Chairman Bernanke has again said that the Fed's... View Photo »

  9. No one bullies Ben Bernanke.
    SOURCE: Real Clear Markets 2 weeks ago
  10. Ron Paul vs Bernanke: Is Gold Money? - July 13, 2011
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  11. Investors favor Bernanke: Poll
    The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 23 hours ago

    Bernanke, whom Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he wouldnt reappoint for running too lax a monetary policy, receives a favorable assessment from three of four of those surveyed in the latest Bloomberg Global Poll. Respondents to the... Full Article at The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

  12. Horrigan: Learning to THINK
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch logo St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1 day ago

    Here's a tip from the pros, kid: Teachers are not stupid. If you're a student at Highland High School, home of the Fightin' Bulldogs, and your homework looks like it was written by Ben Bernanke, red flags are going to pop up. And then there are the... Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  13. Robert Reich To New College Grads: "You're F--ed" (But... Why?)
    Implode-Explode 1 day ago

    The Fed manipulation of the money supply, which has gotten even more erratic under Ben Bernanke, makes it extremely difficult for businessmen to plan. Further, unknown future government regulated healthcare payments for new hires and other creeping... Full Article at Implode-Explode

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  1. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange works on the floor as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announces that it will hold its key interest rate near zero on April 25, 2012 in New York City. According to forecasts released Wednesday, the Federal Reserve...
  2. WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens to a question from a reporter during a press briefing at the Federal Reserve building, on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. Chairman Bernanke has again said that the Fed's decision making body, the Federal Reserve...
  3. WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a press briefing at the Federal Reserve building, on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. Chairman Bernanke has again said that the Fed's decision making body, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee, has...
  4. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The news conference followed the Federal Open Market Committee meeting presenting the FOMC's current economic projections.
  5. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is broadcast on a television screen on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Bernanke says further bond purchases by the Fed remain "very much on the table" if the economy needs further support.
  6. US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke smiles before the start of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) plenary session at the IMF/World Bank Annual Spring Meetings in Washington on April 21, 2012.
  7. Occupy DC demonstrators try to block participants from entering the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, on Saturday, April, 21, 2012.
  8. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Canada's Finance Minister James Flaherty talk on the sidelines of the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting during the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington Saturday, April, 21, 2012.
  9. WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke (2nd L) walks with Governor of Bank of England Mervyn King (L) prior to the family photo of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors at the IMF headquarters April 20, 2012 in Washington, DC. The...

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Ben Shalom Bernanke (pronounced \ber-NAN-kee\, \bər-'nan-kē\ or \bɚ.ˈnæn.ki\) (born December 13, 1953) is the incumbent Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve. Bernanke succeeded Alan Greenspan on February 1, 2006. He is ranked 4th most powerful person in the world in an annual ranking by Newsweek. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. Although the ratios of nonperforming assets remain high in many cases, asset quality appears to be stabilizing and bank provisions for loan losses are decreasing ... In addition, capital ratios are steadily improving at community banks, in part due to increases in retained earnings and a greater ability...
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Myrtle Beach Sun News 2 weeks ago
  2. No one bullies Ben Bernanke.
    SOURCE: Real Clear Markets 2 weeks ago
  3. We, the Federal Reserve, have spent 30 years building up credibility for low and stable inflation, which has proved extremely valuable in that we've been able to take strong accommodative actions in the last four, five years
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Firstpost 2 weeks ago
  4. The main reason the British Pound is set to continue to appreciate has to do with the increasingly dovish monetary policies being implemented or threatened by many of the world's major central banks simultaneously. Whereas the Bank of England has started to lean hawkish: Chairman Ben Bernanke of the Fed...
    SOURCE: ETF Investor 2 weeks ago
  5. The failure of Lehman posed risks. But the troubles at Lehman had been well known for some time, and investors clearly recognized—as evidenced, for example, by the high cost of insuring Lehman’s debt in the market for credit default swaps—that the failure of the firm was a significant possibility ... Th...
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Frontline 2 weeks ago
  6. that Fed presidents and the central bank's chairman, Ben Bernanke, are seemingly omnipresent at conference and media events these days. In addition to Evans and Lockhart, the heads of the San Francisco and Dallas Federal Reserve banks spoke at the Milken Conference.
    SOURCE: Resource Investor 2 weeks ago
  7. So there’s this view circulating that the views I expressed about 15 years ago on the Bank of Japan are somehow inconsistent with our current policies
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Business Standard 2 weeks ago
  8. What we really want from the Fed now is that kind of resolve to do whatever it takes, which is what Ben Bernanke thought Japan should have been doing in the year 2000
    – Paul Krugman SOURCE: Business Standard 2 weeks ago
  9. If unemployment looks like it’s no longer making progress, that will be an important consideration in thinking about policy options
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Wall Street Journal Blogs 2 weeks ago
  10. Our revisions follow a sharp decline in demand for gold from Indian jewelers after a proposed doubling of import levies, and a steep reduction in market expectations of further quantitative easing (QE) or other monetary stimulus in the aftermath of the congressional testimony by Fed Chairman Ben Bernank...
    SOURCE: International Business Times 2 weeks ago
  11. We see monetary policy as being approximately in the right place at this point. Our intention is to maintain highly accommodative stance of policy for the foreseeable future.
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Resource Investor 2 weeks ago
  12. Ben Bernanke was on my side. So he's flipped and has become a conventional central banker. He's saying that aggressive measures to boost the economy and in particular raising the inflation target a little bit, which a lot of us think is the most effective thing for the Fed to do, would be imprudent and ...
    SOURCE: Yahoo! Finance 2 weeks ago
  13. To actively seek a higher inflation rate in order to achieve a slightly increased pace of reduction in the unemployment rate…would be very reckless ... We’ve been able to take strong accommodative actions in the last four or five years to support the economy without leading to a…destabilization of infla...
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Time Magazine 2 weeks ago
  14. The bullion markets have been on the defensive since U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke began distancing the Fed from a third round of quantitative easing in testimony to Congress on 29 February
    SOURCE: Moneycontrol.com 2 weeks ago
  15. There is, I think, absolutely no chance that the Federal Reserve could or would have any ability whatsoever to offset that effect on the economy
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: The Edge Malaysia 3 weeks ago
  16. I have been pretty harsh on Ben Bernanke, but fraud is not one of the things I would charge him with.
    SOURCE: Value Walk 2 weeks ago
  17. It’s a little premature to declare victory
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: Nashua Telegraph 3 weeks ago
  18. What we really want from the Fed now is the resolve to do whatever it takes, which is what Ben Bernanke thought Japan should do in the 1990s ... This notion that wages are fixed and any inflation comes at the expense of workers is wrong. Wages tend to rise in an economy that’s doing well.
    SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 2 weeks ago
  19. We remain entirely prepared to take additional balance-sheet actions
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: The Telegraph 3 weeks ago
  20. I’m increasingly believing what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called…the fiscal cliff that’s coming at year end, with $500 billion worth of taxes and spending hits. I think that’s really keeping a lid on the market.
    SOURCE: Seeking Alpha 3 weeks ago
  21. I have concern that if all the tax increases and spending cuts that are associated with the current law ... occur on Jan. 1, that that would be a significant risk to the recovery ... So I'm looking and hoping that Congress will take actions that will address both sides of that — both requirements of a g...
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: MinnPost.com 3 weeks ago
  22. The result is likely to be interpreted in the context of this week's [Federal Reserve] policy meeting, with a better-than-expected outcome carrying the possibility of reminding traders that [Fed Chairman] Ben Bernanke's commentary was hardly as supportive of QE3 as the markets' initial reaction suggeste...
    SOURCE: Smartmoney.com 3 weeks ago
  23. As I've said many times before, it's imperative for Congress to give us a fiscal policy that achieves two principal objectives. The first is, of course, to achieve fiscal sustainability over the longer term. That is critical
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: MinnPost.com 3 weeks ago
  24. This is a non-consensus call, but we hope [US Federal Reserve chairman] Ben Bernanke will not launch QE3
    SOURCE: Asian Investor 3 weeks ago
  25. We'll have to take fiscal policy into account to some extent ... but I think it's very important to say that if no action were to be taken by the fiscal authorities, the size of the fiscal cliff is such that there's I think absolutely no chance that the Federal Reserve could or would have any ability wh...
    – Ben Bernanke SOURCE: MinnPost.com 3 weeks ago

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