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Alan Greenspan Says Thing, People Listen, For Some Reason

Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.01.2012

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Alan Greenspan said something about the budget deficit on Tuesday. The reason this is "news" is because it is shocking that Alan Greenspan is still allowed ever to speak publicly about matters of importance.

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Republican Presidential Candidates Vow To Oust Fed's Ben Bernanke

Posted 12.12.2011

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(Ros Krasny) - Ben Bernanke, if a Republican wins the White House in 2012: you're fired. The Federal Reserve Chairman, architect of unconventio...

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Former GOP Treasury Official: Rick Perry 'Is An Idiot'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.19.2011

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Bruce Bartlett, who served as an adviser to Ronald Reagan and as a Treasury official under George H.W. Bush, called Republican presidential hopeful Ri...

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Fed Prepares For Life After Quantitative Easing

Posted 08.10.2011

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NEW YORK- (Burton Frierson, Richard Leong and Chris Reese) - The flood of Federal Reserve money that has supported Wall Street and the rest of the...

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Bernanke: U.S. Economy Needs Time To Heal

AP | By JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 06.29.2011

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WASHINGTON (By Mark Felsenthal) - The U.S. economy is not fully recovered from its deep recession, with housing still weighing on growth, Federal ...

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Alan Greenspan Wins 'Dynamite Award' For Economist Who Did Most To Fuel The Financial Crisis

Posted 05.25.2011

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This award won't be going on Alan Greenspan's mantle. The once-lauded Federal Reserve chairman has been awarded the "Dynamite Prize In Economics" ...

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Bernanke Reappointment Prospects Help Send Stocks Up

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Major stock indexes rose Monday as momentum shifted in favor of the reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Investor...

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Bernie Sanders Moves To Block Ben Bernanke's Confirmation

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Irked by the Federal Reserve's bailout of Wall Street, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Wednesday that he will seek to block the...

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Bernanke Approved For 2nd Term As Fed Chairman By Senate Banking Panel

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Senate panel on Thursday approved the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to run the nation's central bank for an...

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Bernanke Gets Reappointed; Is Kinda Bummed

Duncan Quirk | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Banksters" On Parade

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

There once were usury laws in this country to limit such shamelessness. I wonder where they went?

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Bernanke's Net Worth Takes Big Hit

AP | Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- If your investments didn't do so well last year, don't feel so bad: neither did Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's. The top U.S. financ...

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Everything Is Not Coming Up Roses

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Plenty of Wall Streeters buy a rosy view, theorizing that this fall will mark the end of the nasty recession and produce a conspicuous economic upswing that will subsequently drive stock prices higher. But skeptics abound.

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Economy Shrank By 5.7 Percent In Q1

Yahoo! Finance | Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy sank at a 5.7 percent pace in the first quarter as the brute force of the recession carried over into this year. ...

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Bernanke: Fallout From Credit Collapse Likely To Be `Long-Lasting'

Bloomberg | Craig Torres | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the collapse of U.S. lending will probably cause "long-lasting" damage to home prices, household wealth ...

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Not Another Stimulus Package!

Michael Pento | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a very sad sense, there appears to be no true ceiling to the debt ceiling. Congress raised the debt ceiling to $10.6 trillion in July 2008 and is currently proposing an additional $700 billion.

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Bernanke Talks Of "Decisive" Action For Economy

Washington Post | Neil Irwin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday signaled that the central bank will cut interest rates aggressively to try to prevent a serious eco...

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Bernanke: U.S. Economy Likely To Slow

AP | Martin Crutsinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that a host of economic problems, including the severe housing slump, will cause business growth t...

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