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- Time Person Of The Year (aka Ben Bernanke) Keeps Rates At Zero
- Executive Editor Jack Otter and I discussed Time Magazine's naming of Ben Bernanke as "Person of the Year" BEFORE the interest rate non-decision today. In case you missed the FOMC meeting results, here are the highlights: Rates will remain exceptionally low for an extended...
- Blog posts 2009-12-16
- Ben Bernanke: What Caused the Financial Crisis?
- In a rare interview with a sitting Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke tells 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley what went wrong with America's financial system and how it caused the current economic crisis.
- Videos 2009-06-07
- Higher Mortgage Rates Could Snuff a Nascent Housing Recovery
- Housing finally had some good news this week. According to the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales rose 6.7 percent compared to March, the third consecutive increase and the largest jump since October 2001. The indicator was also 3.2 percent higher than in April 2008. Pending...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Slow Growth and High Unemployment For U.S. in 2010: Report
- By Jim ChristieSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Low interest rates will prevail through most of next year as the U.S. economy expands modestly and the unemployment rate remains stuck in double digits, the UCLA Anderson Forecast group said on Wednesday."Specifically, we forecast that after growing at 2.8 percent in the most...
- News items 2009-12-16
- Audit Would Hurt Economy - Bernanke
- By Mark FelsenthalWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday congressional proposals to audit the Fed and strip it of regulatory powers as part of post-crisis reforms could damage prospects for economic and financial health in the future."These measures are very much out of step...
- News items 2009-11-28
- Audit Would Hurt Economic Prospects: Bernanke
- By Mark FelsenthalWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday congressional proposals to audit the Fed and strip it of regulatory powers as part of post-crisis reforms could damage prospects for economic and financial health in the future."These measures are very much out of step with the...
- News items 2009-11-27
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- Bernanke and Obama Start to Relax, so It’s Time to Get Nervous
- One of the best contrarian plays is to buy stocks when the economy is recognized by the Establishment to be in a recession. By the time that the government and media acknowledge the dire truth, investors are well aware of it and have gotten their selling out of the way....
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Bernanke Closes in on Second Term
- By Mark FelsenthalWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term cleared a Senate panel on Thursday despite some lawmakers' misgivings, setting the stage for a contentious Senate debate and vote in January.The Senate Banking Committee backed Bernanke on a 16-7 vote, with one Democrat...
- News items 2009-12-17
- Senate panel backs Bernanke for second term
- QUICK SUMMARY | FULL STORY By Mark Felsenthal of Reuters WASHINGTON - The US Senate Banking Committee approved the nomination of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term, despite misgivings among many senators, sending it to the full Senate for a final confirming vote. The panel backed the...
- News items 2009-12-17
- Is the Fed Planning to Peg Long-Term Interest Rates?
- Brian Kelly submits: Now that Geithner is officially king-o-the-money, the last piece is in place for a major policy shift. In his now infamous speech, “Deflation: Making Sure ‘It’ Does Not Happen Here,” Ben Bernanke listed all the things the Fed should do to combat deflation. First and foremost, was...
- External links 2009-01-28
- Senator Harry Reid: 'No One Knows What To Do'
- Trader Mark submits: Well, that's comforting. I'd much rather prefer the current administration's "everything is fine - the fundamentals of this economy are strong - this is just a small pothole" ;)The U.S. Congress is unlikely to pass new legislation to overhaul financial regulations this year because ``no one knows...
- External links 2008-09-17
- The National Debt: Another Financial Crisis in Slow Motion?
- My father, a stock and options trader for over forty years, is famous for saying, "Don't tell me what you think, tell me what you see." He is referring to the ancient art of ticker-tape watching. I remember visiting my dad at the...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Wall Street Futures Point to Higher Open
- (Reuters) - Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 rise 0.4-0.6 percent, pointing to a higher start on Wall Street on Monday. St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Sunday there may not be as much slack in the U.S. economy...
- News items 2009-10-12
- Jagdish Bhagwati: The Perils of Protectionism
- The respected global economist on America's growing and alarming me-first attitude, and how well the Obama administration is acquitting itself on global trade issues. Do you see a resurgence of economic nationalism in the U.S., or elsewhere? Protectionist...
- Articles 2009-04-15
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