Hating on Ben Bernanke
Last week Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, announced a change in his institution’s recession-fighting strategies. In so doing he seemed to be responding to the arguments of critics who have...
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Last week Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, announced a change in his institution’s recession-fighting strategies. In so doing he seemed to be responding to the arguments of critics who have...
View ArticleRomney joins the economic swamp critters
PAUL KRUGMAN ECONOMICS:��Romney���s language echoed that of the ���liquidationists��� of the 1930s, who argued against doing anything to mitigate the Great Depression LAST WEEK Ben Bernanke, the...
View ArticleKrugman: Bernanke makes a change of course
Monday, September 17, 2012 Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 Last week Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, announced a change in his institution's recession-fighting strategies. In...
View ArticleKnickers in a twist over Ben's move
CRAZY CLAIMS: Republican critics say the Federal Reserve chairman's quantitative easing is printing dollars, not creating wealth LAST week, Ben Ber-nanke, the United States Federal Reserve chairman,...
View ArticlePaul Krugman laments the hating on Ben Bernanke
By Paul Krugmandailynews.com Posted: 09/17/2012 12:34:03 PM PDT September 17, 2012 7:38 PM GMTUpdated: 09/17/2012 12:38:08 PM PDT Last week Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, announced a...
View ArticleThoughts on 'An Open Letter to Ben Bernanke'
The Wall Street Journal ran this open letter to Ben Bernanke from many noted economists, professors and fund managers. The list is a who’s who of Wall Street and the general message is not dissimilar...
View ArticleBernanke's best tool now to revive the economic recovery may be his powers...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy appears to be stalling. Yet the Federal Reserve has run out of simple steps it can take to revive it. That's the test facing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke as he addresses a...
View ArticleBernanke's caution
When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took the stage Friday at the annual economics conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., we were hoping for Hurricane Ben. Instead, we got drizzle. The timing of...
View ArticleART CASHIN: Traders Everywhere Are Reading This Famous Ben Bernanke Speech
In his morning note, UBS floor guy Art Cashin says traders are feverishly trying to figure out Bernanke's next move by looking at what Bernanke said in the past. “Rommel, You Magnificent Bastard, I...
View ArticleBernanke's top tool now may be power of persuasion
WASHINGTON - The economy appears to be stalling. Yet the Federal Reserve has run out of simple steps it can take to revive it. That's the test facing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke as he addresses a...
View ArticleSix-Week Stimulus Watch for Bernanke and Fed
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks set to spend the rest of the summer waiting for signs that could tip the scales toward providing another round of stimulus for economy. On Wednesday, the US...
View ArticleFed chief Bernanke faces challenge today
WASHINGTON - The economy appears to be stalling. Yet the Federal Reserve has run out of simple steps it can take to revive it. AC = 1234 --> That is the test facing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke as he...
View ArticleChairman Bernanke Predictably Passes the Buck
"Most of the economic policies that support robust economic growth in the long run are outside the province of the central bank." The latter is a rare bit of logic which emanated from Ben Bernanke...
View ArticleHuge List Of Investors And Economists Pen Open Letter To Ben Bernanke...
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View ArticleBernanke's Monetary Policy: Why a Little Inflation Is Good
The knives are out for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and QE2, his new effort to pump $600 billion into the stagnant economy through an obscure procedure called quantitative easing. After an...
View ArticleBernanke's options down to comforting words
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy appears to be stalling. Yet the Federal Reserve has run out of simple steps it can take to revive it. That's the test facing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke as he addresses a...
View ArticleBernanke's Top Tool May Be Power of Persuasion
The U.S. economy appears to be stalling. Yet the Federal Reserve has run out of simple steps it can take to revive it. That's the test facing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke as he addresses a conference...
View ArticleBernanke Proves Like No Other Fed Chairman on Joblessness
When it comes to achieving his mandate for full employment, Ben S. Bernanke’s willingness to undertake more bond buying shows yet again that he’s the most aggressive and experimental Federal Reserve...
View ArticleBen Bernanke makes case for stimulus amid 'painfully slow' job gains
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, saying that economic conditions are "far from satisfactory," made clear Friday that he was preparing additional monetary stimulus to spur the...
View ArticleBernanke: Risk necessary
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is balancing a short-term fix for the economy with a long-term gamble: His plan to buy Treasury bonds to fight high unemployment and super-low...
View ArticleFactbox: What tools does the Fed have to spur growth?
(Reuters) - With unemployment stuck above 8 percent and the threat that the European crisis or looming U.S. fiscal squeeze could tip the economy into recession, the chances for fresh stimulus from the...
View ArticleThe Ongoing Folly of Quantitative Easing
With the US economic rebound still slow relative to past post-recession recoveries, the majority opinion within the Fed (as evidenced once again by this week's minutes) is that further expansion of...
View ArticleBarack Obama has made plenty of mistakes: Paul Krugman
Barack Obama There has been plenty to criticize about President Barack Obama's handling of the economy. Yet the overriding story of the past few years is not Obama's mistakes but the scorched-earth...
View ArticleHow Did Republicans Get to the Right of Milton Friedman?
Republicans have rejected what would come to be known as Keynesian economics since FDR created huge public works programs employing millions to drag us out of the Great Depression. Their oracle became...
View ArticlePaul Krugman Versus Milton Friedman
One of the mildly pleasant consequences of 'living in interesting times' (as the Chinese proverb goes), for empirical macro-economists like ourselves, is that suddenly the world has become something...
View ArticleRichard Koo Vs. Paul Krugman: Why They're Both Wrong
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View ArticleUPDATE 2-Bernanke tackles critics of Fed's growth push
* Stimulus to remain even as economy recovers * Fed believes it can help employment outlook * U.S. central bank not monetizing debt, Bernanke says By Ann Saphir INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Federal...
View ArticleFed Chairman Ben Bernanke's next fix might spur inflation
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View ArticleBernanke Did All He Could For The Economy But It Wasn't Enough
John M. Berry John M. Berry is a columnist for The Fiscal Times Recent Posts Raising The Gas Tax Could Jumpstart The Economy IRS Budget Cuts Could Cost $4 Billion La Hood: A Soft Touch in a...
View ArticlePaul Krugman / Debt and DeMarco
There has been plenty to criticize about President Barack Obama's handling of the economy. Yet the overriding story of the past few years is not Mr. Obama's mistakes but the scorched-earth opposition...
View ArticleTimidity undercutting Fed's efforts
Eight years ago Ben Bernanke, already a governor at the Federal Reserve although not yet chairman, spoke at a conference honoring Milton Friedman. He closed his talk by addressing Friedman's famous...
View ArticleBernanke tackles critics of Fed's growth push
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday delivered a broad defense of the central bank's controversial bond-buying stimulus plan, saying its actions are necessary to...
View ArticlePaul Krugman: U.S. economic policies have been crippled by political...
There has been plenty to criticize about President Barack Obama's handling of the economy. Yet the overriding story of the past few years is not Obama's mistakes but the scorched-earth opposition of...
View ArticleKRUGMAN: Making the wrong fix again
“You’re right,” said Bernanke, “we did it. We’re very sorry. But thanks to you, we won’t do it again.” Famous last words. For we are, in fact, doing it again. It’s true that things aren’t as bad as...
View ArticleBernanke and the Fed: Oops, we did it again
Eight years ago Ben Bernanke, already a governor at the Federal Reserve although not yet chairman, spoke at a conference honoring Milton Friedman. He closed his talk by addressing Friedman's famous...
View ArticleKrugman: The Fed's doing it again
Eight years ago Ben Bernanke, already a governor at the Federal Reserve although not yet chairman, spoke at a conference honoring Milton Friedman. He closed his talk by addressing Friedman's famous...
View ArticleEarth To Paul Krugman: Ben Bernanke Knows What He's Doing
Daniel Alpert URL Daniel Alpert is a founding Managing Director of Westwood Capital, an investment bank and advisory firm. Recent Posts Consumer Credit Is Now Growing At The Highest Rate In A Decade...
View ArticleOpinion: Paul Krugman on the secret of the U.S.'s non-sucess
By Paul Krugmandailynews.com Posted: 10/22/2012 01:36:13 PM PDT October 22, 2012 8:40 PM GMTUpdated: 10/22/2012 01:39:38 PM PDT The secret of our non-success THE U.S. economy finally seems to be...
View ArticleHere's Ben Bernanke's Full Testimony In Front Of The House
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View ArticleQE2 and Its Consequences (Part II)
<<< Click here for Part I Investors understand that the Federal Reserve’s ongoing purchase of U.S. Treasuries in the open market, known as quantitative easing two (QE2), injects newly created...
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