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By publicly revealing that they sent requests to a bunch of hedge funds to keep trading records related to the Euro currency, the U.S. government is in effect telling hedge funds not to profit from...
In the Fed's semiannual report to Congress, Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated that rates will stay low for an extended period. How long is an extended period? Certainly through 2010 and perhaps...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was confirmed by the Senate for a second term by a 70 to 30 vote this evening.
Article | Jan 28, 2010 | Views: 94 | Comments: 0
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A vote on the future of the Federal Reserve chief is due to be held this week. It's unclear whether or not Ben Bernanke, the current Fed chairman, will be re-appointed. I think it would be a...
Enough with making Ben Bernanke their scapegoat before the fall elections. The United States Senate should confirm Bernanke for a second term.
Article | Jan 22, 2010 | Views: 190 | Comments: 1
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a speech to the American Economic Association said that the low rate policy of the Fed in 2001-2004 played only a small role in the housing bubble. What were the...
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that he doesn't see evidence of an asset bubble in financial markets - equities, gold, commodities, etc. This of course reminds me of Alan Greenspan's famous...
Article | Nov 16, 2009 | Views: 166 | Comments: 0
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This article is a must-read for anyone trying to understand what is going on with the economy at the moment. It describes how the Federal Reserve and the Obama Administration plotted to reinflate...
Article | Sep 23, 2009 | Views: 59 | Comments: 0
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President Obama today declared he was going to re-appoint Ben Bernanke chairman of the Fed. It's a good move, notwithstanding the usual critics who not only want Bernanke gone, but the whole Fed...
Article | Aug 25, 2009 | Views: 133 | Comments: 1
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The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee met today and described an economy that had bottomed but that will be slow to recover.
Article | Aug 12, 2009 | Views: 142 | Comments: 0
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Our government has debased the economy to remove moral hazard for a handful of banking insiders. This type of activity occurs frequently in Third World countries and is met with real rage. Where...
The tale of the economy over the next couple of years is really a test of the theories of John Maynard Keynes, the father of deficit spending, or Miltion Friedman, the Novel Laureatee, who believed...
Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke appeared on 60 Minutes and said he believed the recession would end later in 2009. He also said he believed that rates would have to rise to forestall inflation.
Article | Mar 15, 2009 | Views: 267 | Comments: 1
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