Federal Reserve Chairman

Federal Reserve Chairman

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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On October 15, 2009, We Are Change Boston asked former Federal Reserve Chairman and current Chair of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, Paul Volcker, about the Bilderberg Group. This short video clip is highly significant for several reasons, including: 1) A former Fed Chairman, Volcker, acknowledges that the Bilderberg Group exists. 2) He acknowledges that he attended their meeting this year (2009), and two or three times previously. 3) He acknowledges the authority and consequences of the Logan Act, which prohibits unauthorized U.S. citizens from negotiating with foreign governments, punishable under federal law with imprisonment up to three years. 4) He indirectly admits ... Read Full Story
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John M. Mason writes on current monetary and financial events. He is a professor at Penn State University and has taught in both the Management Division and the Engineering Division. He formerly was on the faculty of the Finance Department, Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mason has been President and CEO of two publicly traded financial institutions and the Executive Vice President and CFO of a third. He has also served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D. C. and as a Senior Economist within the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Mason ... Read Full Story
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Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Axilrod, a longtime Federal Reserve System veteran, provides an insider’s perspective on how the Fed has evolved over the past 50 years. Revealing the impact of personalities and their responses to political, social and bureaucratic situations, he explores such key topics such as money supply vs. interest rates, monetary base and reserve aggregates vs. money-market conditions, and increased emphasis on real-world variables rather than on monetary variables as indicators and guides for policy. The book is based mostly on anecdotal recollections of personal interactions with central bank leaders and others as they managed policy discussions and implementation. Despite the ... Read Full Story
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Florida mortgage rates should remain low, as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to leave the Fed Funds Rate right where it’s been, within the target range of 0.000-0.250 percent. That said, the Fed was far from inactive today. On plan to resurrect the economy using “all available tools,” today, Uncle Ben and company announced a new, $1.5 trillion round of financial support for mortgage markets and the US Treasury. We’ll likely read about this in tomorrow morning’s headlines. In its press release , the FOMC highlighted several economic issues, using them as proof of why this new round of funding is required: ... Read Full Story
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Editorial Reviews Review “The Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve: A History is a comprehensive study of the evolution of monetary policy practiced by the Federal Reserve since its founding nearly a century ago. Hetzel brings a unique perspective to this material, a monetarist point of view rooted in his U of Chicago training, but a view profoundly influenced by an understanding of monetary policy in practice acquired as a life-long policy advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The story is one of a nominal anchor for monetary policy lost with the collapse of the gold standard and found after decades of ... Read Full Story
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Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker says do it. So does former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. Two big banks in England are doing it now. But the U.S. still won’t. To stop the ‘too big to fail psychosis,’ break up the banks. Break them up. Now. As the U.S. still struggles with its own too-big-to-fail issues, banks are once again [...]  
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In February, Texas Republican and Libertarian darling Ron Paul introduced a bill directing the U.S. comptroller general to audit the Federal Reserve's books. Paul, who ran for president last year, wants the Fed to open the door on all of...  
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is apparently set to stop the central bank's purchase of mortgage-backed securities in a few months, which could contribute to a full percentage point increase in the rates of 30-year mortgages. ...  
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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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Boston GlobeThe Federal Reserve hesitating in bailing out the Obama administrationExaminer.comThe Federal Reserve's announced today that it would keep its target for the federal funds rate, the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight ...Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchangedLos Angeles TimesAT A GLANCE: FOMC Stands Pat On Rates; Upgrades Econ OutlookWall Street JournalStocks give up gains after FedCNNMoney.comWall...  
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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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Below is the speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, Massachusetts October 23, 2009: Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal  
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