Ben Bernanke

Ben Bernanke

Ben S. Bernanke is current Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve. A distinguished Princeton Economics professor specializing in monetary policy and macroeconomics. Bernanke served the Federal Reserve in... [more]

Ben S. Bernanke is current Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve. A distinguished Princeton Economics professor specializing in monetary policy and macroeconomics. Bernanke served the Federal Reserve in other roles before taking the chair.

 
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“The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press… that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.” – Ben Bernanke The U.S. economy contracted for four consecutive quarters since October 2008, something we have not seen since the Great Depression. A V-shaped recovery is simply not in the cards because the credit crisis has caused deep, systemic damage. Having said that, if the recession ends this year, it certainly won’t be because the global economy is healthy. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are proudly predicting that GDP ... Read Full Story
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Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-ben-bernanke-is-literally-herding-investors-into-stocks-2009-11 “Bubbly Ben has engineered one of the most incredible liquidity driven rallies in the history of the stock market. The reflation trade, made famous by John Paulson, has been a huge winner for investors prescient enough to engage in it. The reflation trade has been primarily due to the prodding of monetary policy. After all, they don’t call it a “stock prod” for nothing. Ben Bernanke is literally herding investors into risk assets as they watch their cash produce less than lackluster returns at 0%. Investors remain over-allocated in cash and the obvious winner of this cattle prod market is equities (regardless ... Read Full Story
CHATHAM, Massachusetts (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday regulators are considering a capital surcharge on large banks as one way to reduce the risk any one firm's problems could destabilize the financial system. In his most detailed description of the U.S. central bank's new approach to regulation in the aftermath of the financial crisis, Bernanke said regulators in the United States and abroad are also considering requiring that a greater share of bank capital be held in the form of common equity. Some firms might also be required to issue contingent capital, a debt-like security that can convert to ... Read Full Story
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The Federal Reserve will expand its so-called stress tests of the banking system to ensure they have enough capital during difficult periods, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday. Bernanke highlighted the positive impact of stress tests conducted earlier this year on major banks, a move aimed at ensuring their financial health and building confidence. "Building on the success of this initiative, we will conduct more frequent, broader, and more comprehensive horizontal examinations, evaluating both the overall risk profiles of institutions as well as specific risks and risk-management issues," Bernanke told a conference organized by the Boston Federal Reserve. The highly publicized stress tests conducted ... Read Full Story
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The Federal Reserve for the first time would police banks' pay policies to ensure they don't encourage employees to take reckless gambles like those that contributed to the financial crisis, according to a proposal unveiled Thursday. Unlike a Treasury plan to slash pay at certain companies that were bailed out with large sums of taxpayer money, the Fed proposal would cover thousands of banks, including many that never received a bailout. The Fed would not actually set compensation. Instead, the central bank would review — and could veto — pay policies that could cause too much risk-taking by executives, traders or loan officers. Its ... Read Full Story
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Ben Bernanke

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Now that the economy has broken its four-quarter long slump, will Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke be more open to the idea of raising interest rates sometime soon?  
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By John Tamny of Forbes The great economist Henry Hazlitt once observed that “Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man.” Were Hazlitt alive today, he surely would have a field day addressing the numerous economic fallacies offered up by our very own Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. From his frequent assertions [...]  
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Editor's Note: See Ron Coby's first "letter" to Ben Bernanke here. Dear Mr. Bernanke As a follow-up to my most recent letter I once again want to say thanks. I was so relieved on Wednesday when you announced your decision to keep short-term rates low for an “extended period of time." How kind of you to not take the market's punch bowl away. I also want to congratulate you for doing such a great job of pumping up and propping up the stock and...  
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Fed Chair Ben Bernanke gave the keynote address closing at a three-day Federal Reserve Bank of Boston conference. Chairman Bernanke's remarks reflected the Conference's theme on financial regulation and supervision after the financial crisis.Length: Published: Today at 8:30am (ET)  
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United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, noted as a specialist on the 1929 market crash and the Great Depression, would be better off looking at other financial disasters over the centuries for lessons more pertinent to the present crisis. - Martin Hutchinson  
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CHATHAM Massachusetts Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday regulators are considering a capital surcharge on large banks as one way to reduce the risk any one firms problems could destabilize the financial system.  
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Al Kamen, Washington Post - Remember the uproar a few months back after AIG and other federal bailout recipients were holding conferences and meetings at luxury resorts? The national outrage caused many TARP recipients to cut such travel, or at least opt for less-opulent venues.Fortunately, the Federal Reserve never took a dime of TARP money. So when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who's been worried about the federal deficit, went to speak Oct. 19...  
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