Here’s a political equation that ought to furrow the brows of everybody working to get a second term for President Obama: QE1+QT1=DEFEAT. For those not cursed to be economists, QE1 stands for ...
The New York Times reported last Thursday that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is an advocate of monetary expansion, pumping billions more into the economy, but thinks that it may not be enough without more ...
As a young academic, Bernanke proposed a controversial explanation for high interest rates. As Fed chair, he implemented quantitative easing, lifting the country out of a deep recession. Another round ...
Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday offered an aggressive defense of his legacy, pushing back against criticisms of the zero short-term interest rates and large-scale bond buying ...
If there was one single event that stood out in the past quarter, it was Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Ben Bernanke remarking that the Fed might taper or phase out “quantitative easing” in the near ...
U.S. Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington December 12, 2012. In an unprecedented step, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would hold ...
The Chinese, among others, aren't happy with the Fed's new quantitative easing policy. Today in Frankfurt, Ben Bernanke answered those criticisms and made a few of his own. Attacking "currency ...
Is it possible that Ben Bernanke and now, Janet Yellen along with the rest of the Federal Reserve Board got it right? Have they captained us out of the depths of global financial collapse and into a ...