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Blame Ben: Seven And A Half Things To Know

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.29.2012

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Leap Day comes along only once every four years, but you need to know seven and a half things every day. Here's your daily allotment: Thing One: Al...

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William Alden

As Bernanke Meets The Press, The Stakes Are High

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 06.27.2011

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Ben Bernanke, a small, bearded man with a seemingly godlike power over the economy, has spent much of his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman cloaked i...

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Fed Announces Plans To Hold Regular Media Briefings

Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will start holding regular media briefings on monetary policy next month, a historic shift to greater openne...

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Greenspan: Recent Decline 'Typical' Of Recovery

CNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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"What we're looking at is an invisible wall, which we've run into here. Which, essentially, as far as I can see, is a typical pause that occurs in an ...

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In God We...Invest

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

Wall Street is our secular religion. As with more traditional beliefs, faith trumps reason. That explains our willful blindness to the obvious scam, the fantastic story told to us by billionaire bankers.

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Restricting Bank Funding for Hedge Funds: Paul Volcker Does Not Go Far Enough

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Georges Ugeux

While Alan Greenspan has been busy denying any blame or foresight into the financial crisis, Paul Volcker has been working to dissociate the speculative risks of hedge funds from banking. But "The Volcker Rule," does not go far enough.

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Alan Greenspan: Regulators 'Did Little' To Stop The Rise Of Too Big To Fail Firms

ProPublica | Marian Wang | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, will be presenting [1] a 48-page paper [2] to the Brookings Institution tomorrow. For years co...

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Sam Stein

Gibbs: We Believe Bernanke Will Be Confirmed, Ease The Markets

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House is confident that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will win re-nomination to the post despite opposition to his appointment that ...

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Sam Stein

How Bernanke Became A Toxic Asset

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's term coming to an end on January 31, what once seemed implausible has quickly become a genuine political ...

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Paul Volcker, Former Fed Chairman To Wall Street: "Wake Up, Gentlemen"

Huffington Post | Eric Sorensen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker delivered a jarring message to high-level bankers and regulators at an exclusive meeting in Sussex, Engla...

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Ryan Grim

Fed Needs To 'Start Giving A Red Hot Damn About The American Public,' Says Sen. Whitehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two days before Ben Bernanke's confirmation hearing, most Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are withholding judgment, waiting to hear directly...

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Why the Senate Should Confirm Bernanke But Make the Fed More Accountable, Too

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Reich

If you'd have asked me three months ago whether Bernanke would be confirmed, I'd have said no. Congress (and much of the public) is still furious about the bank bailouts, as well they should be.

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Economists Call For Bernanke To Stay, Say Recession Is Over: Survey

Wall Street Journal | Phil Izzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Economists are nearly unanimous that Ben Bernanke should be reappointed to another term as Federal Reserve chairman, and they said there is a 71% chan...

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Krugman Says Bernanke Should Be Appointed to a Second Term

bloomberg.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Ben S. Bernanke deserves another term as Federal Reserve Chairman on the basis of his success in battling the financial crisis,...

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CNN: Don't reappoint Ben Bernanke "The Tortoise"

Jul. 22, 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speculation that Ben Bernanke might very well be appointed for a second-term as Federal Reserve Chairman when his term expires in January 2010 has to ...

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Paulson Defends His Response To Financial Crisis

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Defending the government's handling of the economic crisis last year, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that t...

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Fed: Recession Easing, Inflation Not A Threat

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve sought Wednesday to defuse fears that the trillions it's spending to revive the economy could spark inflation l...

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Warren Buffet On Economy: 'We've Had No Bounce' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with CNBC this week, legendary investor Warren Buffett offered a rather grim assessment of the economy. In other words, forget all the...

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Ben Bernanke Flies Home In First Class, Trailed By Large Entourage

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

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It should have been hard to miss the entourage that accompanied Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke back to Washington Saturday night after a brief ...

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Bernanke Testifies Before Congress: Economy Faces 'Numerous Difficulties'

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday the fragile economy is facing "numerous difficulties" despite the Fed's...

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Bernanke Testimony Drives Stocks Down

AP | Leslie Wines | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stocks gave up mild gains and turned lower Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the risks of an economic downturn are more pronou...

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