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Bernanke Testimony: Stimulus Exit, Future Interest Rate Increases Outlined By Fed Chief

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 02.10.2010 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Prepare for the end of record-low interest rates, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says. Just not yet. Higher rates on credit...

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AIG Insurance Unit Admits To Dealing In Credit-Default Swaps

nytimes.com | MARY WILLIAMS WALSH | Posted 02.01.2010 | Business

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Ever since the American International Group nearly collapsed, the conventional wisdom has been that the exotic derivatives that drove it to the brink ...

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The Bernanke Confirmation: Incompetence, Indifference and Institutional Inertia

Mike Stark | Posted 01.28.2010 | Politics

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The Fed is an impersonal and opaque institution. We all know it is there, but not very many people understand its role in our economy. Senators are no exception to the general rule.

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Bernanke Reappointment Prospects Help Send Stocks Up

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADIS | Posted 01.26.2010 | Business

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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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More Democrats Support Bernanke Confirmation

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 01.26.2010 | Los Angeles

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WASHINGTON — Bolstered by a White House lobbying effort that included the president, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's chances at a second...

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Obama's Tin Ear on Bernanke---And Company

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.24.2010 | Home

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President Obama's ear can't be that tin on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. His wink and nod at the Big Banks and Wall Street's roulette play with public mo...

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Chris Dodd And Judd Gregg Confident Of Bernanke Confirmation

Reuters | Lisa Richwine | Posted 01.23.2010 | Politics

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"Based on our discussions with our colleagues, we are very confident that Chairman Bernanke will win confirmation by the Senate for a second term," Se...

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President Obama: Replace Bernanke With Volcker

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.22.2010 | Business

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No one is better positioned to crack down on Wall Street excesses and push through genuine deficit reduction than Paul Volcker.

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Fed's Low Interest Rates DID Fuel Housing Bubble, Contrary To Bernanke's Claims: Economists

CBS News | Alex Sundby | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business

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Of all the economic factors that possibly fueled the inflation of the housing bubble last decade, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said low i...

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The Case Against Bernanke

Robert Kuttner | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics

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The opposition to Bernanke will only grow. And it would be a severe mistake to read this as senators needing a scapegoat or a sacrificial lamb.

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Dorgan Signals That He'll Add To The Hold On Bernanke

Firedoglake | David Dayen | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics

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Last night, Byron Dorgan gave his first interview since announcing his retirement, and in that appearance with Ed Schultz, he made two policy vows. Fi...

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Fed's Housing Stimulus Program Divides Central Bank Officials

Posted 03.18.2010 | Business

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WASHINGTON (JEANNINE AVERSA -- AP) -- Some Federal Reserve policymakers last month were conflicted over whether to expand or cut back a program intend...

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Financial Reform: Fixing the Fed

Paul A. London | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business

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Bernanke had to make his case that the role of the Federal is central to financial reform, and that debate starts in earnest now that the Congress and the President are returning from vacation.

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

Cate Long | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics

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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 03.18.2010 | Politics

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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 03.18.2010 | Politics

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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 03.18.2010 | Business

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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 03.18.2010 | Business

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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 03.18.2010 | Politics

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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 03.18.2010 | 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 03.18.2010 | Business

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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 03.18.2010 | 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 03.18.2010 | 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 03.18.2010 | Business

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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 03.18.2010 | 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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