Ben Bernanke

Restraints on credit for home buyers and home builders alike continue to impede the housing and economic recovery, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Board of Directors last week in Orlando.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 8, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak at the 2012 International Builders’ Show (IBS) on Friday, Feb. 10. IBS attendees and registered news media can attend Bernanke’s ...  

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, in a letter to U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, proposed two changes to the legislation that would effectively exempt Canada from some of the proposed restrictions. "I would urge you, in finalising ...  

The depressed state of the housing market is holding the United States back from economic recovery, according to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Speaking last week at the International Builders Show, Bernanke blamed the collapse in home values for cutting ...  

Housing, with some help from Wall Street, got us into the Great Recession, and it is housing that has made the recovery from that recession so slow and painful, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today. "The state of the housing sector ...  

Dear Editor: Headline in Feb. 3 Wisconsin State Journal: “Ryan: Interest rate policy wrong.” The article talks about Congressman Ryan’s criticism of the interest rate policy announced by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Question: Who’s more ...  

Lingering housing market problems are slowing the economy and limiting the effectiveness of Federal Reserve policies, according to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, CNN Money reports. In a speech delivered five days after the big $25 billion mortgage settlement between states and big banks, Bernanke said the decline in home values has resulted in more than $7 trillion in lost wealth. That, in turn, means a drop in consumer spending between $200...  

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- In his six years as Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke has sometimes proved too sanguine about the U.S. economy, declaring the impact of bad subprime mortgages on the financial markets “contained” in 2007 and ...  

NEW YORK — The numbers are proving Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s critics wrong. More than a year after Republicans from House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio to presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas warned that the Fed’s second ...  

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Friday called for new policies to help the nation's housing market ... Fla. Housing-market problems have slowed the recovery. Home prices have fallen by nearly one-third over more than five ...  

Declines in home prices have forced many Americans to cut back sharply on spending, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday, warning that the trend could continue to weigh on the economy for years.  

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday issued a call to action to restore U.S. housing markets, saying depressed house prices and sales are a serious drag on the economic recovery. "The state of housing has ...  

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, speaking at the International Builders Show right now, is promoting the conversion of bank-owned foreclosure properties to rental properties as one salve for the wounded housing market.  

ORLANDO Feb 10 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday the central bank's recent white paper on housing was aimed in part at highlighting the key role of housing to the broader economy. "One of our main objectives ..  

Dow Jones)- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday called for new policies to ... The Fed official faced a question from a New York real-estate investor who complained that banks won't extend more than four mortgages because of certain ...