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Bernanke Fends Off Calls To Tame The Fed

Wall Street Journal | By JON HILSENRATH and SUDEEP REDDY | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business


Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke helped steer the economy away from what he calls "Depression 2.0." Now he's trying to defend the Fed itself....

Bernanke Citibank Nationalization: "We Don't Plan Anything Like That"

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday again spurned speculation that the government may nationalize Citigroup or other...

Clean Up GOP Mess Nov. 4

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.09.2008 | Business


John Tepper Marlin

Mr. Bernanke doesn't say it, but the current crisis in the subprime mortgage market may be a perfect illustration of the financial accelerator at work today.

Fed Expects Slowdown To Deepen

New York Times | Edmund L. Andrews | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Federal Reserve expects economic growth to slow sharply next year, and policy makers there are worried that even this forecast may prove too optim...