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Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing on Bernanke Confirmation: One Hot Committee Room

Cate Long | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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Cate Long

A fight's a'brewin in room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building... This is the committee room of the Senate Banking Committee...

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Preventing Political Moral Hazard Means Stopping Bernanke

David Sirota | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

Bernanke has been called "the definition of moral hazard" because if he is confirmed, it will send a message to all other federal regulators that they can fall down on the job and still get promoted.

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Moving the Senate Banking Committee to "No" on Bernanke

David Sirota | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

Thanks to a bipartisan effort to stop the reappointment of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, there's a slim -- but distinct -- possibility that his reappointment can actually be successfully thwarted.

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Yes, Virginia, It Is Bernanke's Fault

Dean Baker | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business

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Dean Baker

It is striking how the media view blaming Mr. Bernanke for the Great Recession as being out of bounds. Bernanke bears much of the blame for this economic collapse.

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Analysis: Good News on Jobs, But Will it Last?

Lakshman Achuthan | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business

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Lakshman Achuthan

The "great moderation" of business cycles once extolled by many economists, Ben Bernanke, is history. The trend rate of growth is shriveling. In other words, business cycles are back with a vengeance.

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Bernanke Must Answer for Dark of Night Change in Bank Regs

David Segal | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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David Segal

In its new regulations, the Fed did Americans a huge disservice, doing away with consumers' potential right of recovery of overdraft charges -- which will total nearly $37.5 billion in 2009 alone.

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Corker Unsure Whether Bernanke Has Votes For Confirmation

Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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Will Ben Bernanke have a second term chairing the Federal Reserve? Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), a chairman on the banking committee holding the hearing...

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Good Bye! The Reappointment Of Bernanke Is Too Much To Bear

Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What I am seeing and hearing on the news -- the reappointment of Bernanke -- is too hard for me to bear. I cannot believe that we, in the 21st century, can accept living in such a society.

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Ben Bernanke Makes Case For Strong Fed Role On Banks

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's abili...

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Ben Bernanke: No One Can Regulate Wall Street Better Than The Fed

washingtonpost.com | Ben Bernanke | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

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For many Americans, the financial crisis, and the recession it spawned, have been devastating -- jobs, homes, savings lost. Understandably, many peopl...

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In The Fed We Trust? Will The Senate Reward The Architect Of The Wall Street Bailout?

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

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Robert L. Borosage

Will the Senate vote another term for Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve? Should it?

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"Too Big To Fail" Legislation Is On The Way

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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A senior administration official said on Sunday that after extensive consultations with Treasury Department officials, Representative Barney Frank, th...

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Bernanke In No Rush To Raise Interest Rates

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a fresh signal Thursday that he's in no rush to reverse course and start boosting intere...

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The $2 Trillion Secret

Pat Choate | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

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Pat Choate

As the sheer volume of the Fed financing makes clear, the bailout of the financial sector involves more than the $700 billion approved by Congress in late 2008.

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Bernanke: Recession Is Very Likely Over

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday the worst recession since the 1930s is probably over, although he cautioned that...

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We Are Not Dependent on Foreign Countries for Our Own Money

Paul A. London | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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Paul A. London

History-blind conservatives scare the country by saying that creating more money is a slippery slope to runaway inflation. This is not so. The real danger is the opposite.

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Jason Linkins

The Collected Works Of Benjamin Bernanke

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

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Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke...ecce homo! The man is so hugely qualified that it was essential for Obama to break off his vacation on i...

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Bernanke Gets Reappointed; Is Kinda Bummed

Duncan Quirk | Posted 09.24.2009 | Comedy

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As Question Of Reappointment Looms, Bernanke Defends The Fed's Handling Of Crisis, Says Economy Is 'Leveling Out'

washingtonpost.com | Neil Irwin | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke rendered his most positive assessment of the economy yet in a speech Friday and gave credit in part to his ow...

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

Wall Street Journal | Phil Izzo | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

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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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Geithner And Bernanke Square Off Over Who Should Be Top Consumer Watchdog

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke staked out opposing sides Friday in a turf war over w...

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Bernanke's Real Message About Budget Deficits

Robert Reich | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

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Robert Reich

Has Ben Bernanke suddenly become a deficit hawk? In remarks to the House Budget Committee he sounded like one -- calling on Congress to come up with a plan to restore fiscal balance.

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Ben Bernanke and His Terrifying Toolkit

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

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Sheldon Filger

Massive monetary decisions that are risky in the extreme, and will likely have intergenerational consequences, become mere "tools." The consequential becomes the ubiquitous.

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Brace For Hyper-Inflation

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

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Henry Blodget

Ben Bernanke assured us that the Fed's money-printing won't eventually lead to inflation because when the economy begins to recover, the Fed will stop printing money. Ben is unlikely to keep this promise.

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Ben's Un-shrinkable Balance Sheet

Michael Pento | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

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Michael Pento

It's not only the size of the fed's balance sheet that is so daunting; it's the makeup that's becoming truly scary.

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