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Bernanke: Fed Will Do More to Boost Economy

Kevin Spak — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:42:05 CDT

The Federal Reserve isn't ready to take its foot off the gas pedal. In a speech this morning in Arlington, Virginia, Ben Bernanke said that while the Fed was encouraged by the downward trend in unemployment numbers, it believes that the economy needs “continued accommodative policies” to keep the good...

Don't Hold Your Breath for New Fed Stimulus

Kevin Spak — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:51:33 CDT

Stocks have been shooting up this week on speculation that Ben Bernanke will announce another round of quantitative easing to prop up the economy in his speech Friday at Jackson Hole. But investors had better hold their horses, Neil Irwin of the Washington Post reports, because “the appetite within the...

Perry: Bernanke Printing More Money 'Almost Treasonous'

Rob Quinn — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:42:19 CDT

Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke will be no better than Benedict Arnold if he embarks on a third round of tinkering with the money supply between now and the election, Rick Perry told a Republican rally in Iowa yesterday. "If this guy prints more money between now and the election,...

Fed Panel Split Over Bernanke's Low Rates Policy

Mark Russell — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:14:10 CDT

Ben Bernanke's Tuesday announcement that the Fed is prepared to keep short-term interest rates close to zero for at least two more years is facing internal revolt from the Federal Open Market Committee, the 12-member committee of Fed presidents and governors that sets monetary policy, reports the Wall Street Journal...

Fed Fires Back at China, Germany

Kevin Spak — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:06:05 CST

Ben Bernanke offered a full-throated defense of the Fed’s recent actions in a speech in Frankfurt today, saying the $600 billion quantitative easing plan was essential to reducing joblessness. “On its current economic trajectory, the United States runs the risk of seeing millions of workers unemployed or underemployed for years,...

Palin Taunts Wall Street Journal Reporter

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:16:19 CST

Sarah Palin is the first to admit that Americans are "inordinately interested" in her reading habits, so here's a little clarification: She reads the Wall Street Journal. But, she writes on Facebook , one Journal reporter doesn't seem to do the same. The media clash began yesterday, when Sudeep Reddy criticized...

Palin to Bernanke: Cease and Desist!

Rob Quinn — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:37:36 CST

Chinese and German finance chiefs enraged by Fed chief Ben Bernanke's plans to inject $600 billion into the economy by buying Treasury bonds have found a somewhat unlikely ally: Sarah Palin. The Alaskan slammed the "quantitative easing" policy in a speech to a trade group yesterday, using terminology foreign to...

Bernanke's Rationale Looks Too Rosy

John Johnson — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:25:00 CDT

The Fed's controversial plan to buy $600 billion worth of Treasuries to stimulate growth has brought the phrase "quantitative easing" out from the obscurity of financial blogs. Will it work? Two columns today on the subject from Ben Bernanke himself in the Washington Post and Felix Salmon at Reuters : Bernanke:...

Fed to Meet as Economy Sputters

Rob Quinn — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:06:09 CDT

The Federal Reserve meets today to decide what medicine the wheezing American economy needs, and world markets will be keenly watching for the outcome. With no new stimulus spending from Congress likely, the central bank is the only body poised to react to signs that the recovery is running out...