Bernanke

Source: articles.moneycentral.msn.com --- 1 day ago
The Fed's ignoring inflation. How will your portfolio react? ...

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks about liquidity. ...

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Source: www.nytimes.com --- 57 minutes ago
Steps taken by the central bank to get credit flowing more freely have led to some improvement in financial markets, but conditions are “still far from normal,” the Fed chairman said in a speech. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 11 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Reserve has suggested that Congress revisit the issue of government subsidies to student loan providers, according to an April 25 letter made public on Thursday. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 33 minutes ago
WASHINGTON -- Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. ...

Source: blogs.wsj.com --- 36 minutes ago
Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin S. Bernanke said the health of financial markets has improved but “conditions in financial markets are still far from normal.” He also signaled that some of the Fed’s recent steps, extending term financing to commercial banks and new auctioning facilities of credit from the discount window, are helping to ease the [...] ...

Source: online.wsj.com --- 52 minutes ago
Bernanke said the Fed's recent liquidity measures have led to improved market conditions, including a narrowing of credit spreads. But he warned that market conditions "are still far from normal" and pledged to increase the size of the Fed's term auction facility. ...

Source: blogs.wsj.com --- 10 days ago
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank had complimentary words for Ben Bernanke in an interview to be broadcast later today on Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt, even going so far as to say the current Federal Reserve Chairman is doing a better job than his predecessor. Frank “I thought Alan Greenspan did a very good [...] ...

Source: news.smh.com.au --- 7 days ago
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says conditions in mortgage markets remain strained, posing a threat to the economy. ...

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Source: www.atimes.com --- 12 days ago
United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's decision to cut key interest rates one more time was always in the cards. More astonishing was the scant concern he showed towards the inflationary risks inherent in his actions over the past few months, risks that food riots make clear are already a harsh reality in the world beyond the US. - Julian Delasantellis (May 1, '08) ...

Source: blog.mises.org --- 11 days ago
This is a wonderful article in the Investors Business Daily: He Made Free Markets Invaluable . The author is Paul Whitfield, and, unusually in the world of journalism, he put a ton of work into this. He maps out a min-biography of Mises and explains his significance in the world today: When the Nazis stormed the apartment in Vienna, he was gone. The man they were looking for was Ludwig von Mises, an economist whose writings enraged them. Fortunately for von Mises, he was out of Austria in March 1938. The Nazis had to settle for grabbing 38 cases of his books and papers. Von Mises had plenty of enemies. His work dismissed Nazi ideas as nonsense, described socialism as incapable of rational calculation and faulted the dominant German historical school as fostering little more than clerks of the state. "Lu's writings were hated by socialists of every type: Nazis, communists, fascists and, as I later found, American socialists as well," his wife, Margit, wrote in "My Years With Ludwig von Mises." Early in his career, scholars dismissed his work because they favored socialism. Later, economics departments turned to a math-based methodology in lieu of his logic-based approach. Despite being out of step with the spirit of his times, von Mises triumphed. His views today are considered the purest expression of free-market economics. And his judgments on his times are seen as prescient. He correctly predicted ...

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Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. ...

Source: www.newstrust.net --- 11 days ago
Economist - May. 1 (News Analysis) - Jeff Frankel, a Harvard economist, has long argued that low real interest rates lead to higher commodity prices. When real rates fall, he points out, commodity producers have more incentive to keep their asset--whether crude oil, gold or grain--in the ground or in a silo, than to sell today. Speculators, in turn, have more incentive to shift into commodities... Last reviewed by: Beth Wellington NewsTrust Rating: 3.7 from source rating - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer ...

Source: www.safehaven.com --- 9 days ago
With what many have described as a flash of monetary discipline worthy of Paul Volcker, Ben Bernanke reduced short-term interest rates this week to a mere 2%, apparently turning a deaf ear to those on Wall Street who wanted more. ...

Source: www.boxxet.com --- 3 days ago
CNNMoney.com  United States - The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, fetched up at Columbia University last night to accept a "distinguished leadership in government award" ... Dangers to the US economy NECN Bernanke: High foreclosure rates hurt broad economy Reuters Original story at www2.nysun.com . View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet for Columbia University . ...

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