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(Newser) - Economists give Ben Bernanke a big hug in a new Wall Street Journal survey. Most declare that the recession is over and nearly all in the group of 53 think President Obama should keep Bernanke in charge of the Fed when his term expires in January. Twenty-seven economists say the... More »

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 Reappoint Bernanke: Krugman 


Aug 10, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - If there’s any justice, Ben Bernanke will get another go-around at the helm of the Federal Reserve, Paul Krugman tells Bloomberg. “He’s earned the right to a second term,” the Nobel laureate says. “When the banking system failed to deliver capital where it was needed,... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Economics • Paul Krugman • economy • Joseph Stiglitz • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - The heat is apparently getting to Tim Geithner. At a meeting last week with high-level financial regulators, the treasury secretary indulged in a potty-mouthed diatribe about delays in the administration's highly touted plan to overhaul the regulatory system, declaring, "enough is enough," the Wall Street Journal reports.... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • SEC • profanity • Treasury Department • FDIC • financial institutions • swearing • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • Sheila Bair • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet • Mary Schapiro • regulator • Securities and Exchange Commission • regulatory body • Neal Wolin

Trading Rules Help Wall Street Pick Fed's Pocket

Transparency concerns let banks pick Bernanke's pocket

Aug 3, 09 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Banks across Wall Street have made hefty profits trading with the Federal Reserve—often their only customer as the financial crisis ground trading to a halt—and government officials and finance execs are now asking whether Ben Bernanke is making tough enough deals. The central bank, unlike individual or corporate... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Wall Street • Federal Reserve • Barney Frank • BlackRock • commodity prices • financial crisis

Goldman Sachs Subpoenaed in Fraud Probe

Senate seeks evidence that banks foresaw mortgage meltdown

Jul 30, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Senate committee has subpoenaed Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and other financial institutions as part of an investigation into mortgage-market fraud, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The probe appears to focus on emails and other internal communications that may show bankers' doubts about the safety of mortgage-backed securities, which... More »

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Congress • Ben Bernanke • Congressional investigations • Goldman Sachs • Deutsche Bank • subpoena • Carl Levin • Senate committees

(Newser) - The Federal Reserve is the least trusted of all federal agencies, a new Gallup poll finds. Just 30% of respondents said the Fed was doing a “good” or “excellent” job, giving it the lowest score out of nine agencies included in the poll. That’s a steep decline... More »

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NASA • Ben Bernanke • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Federal Reserve • approval ratings • poll numbers • Gallup • federal agencies

(Newser) - Fed chief Ben Bernanke fielded questions from the public in an unprecedented town hall meeting last night, the Kansas City star reports. Sounding every bit like a candidate running for office, Bernanke defended his moves during the recession and financial crisis, saying he had learned from his predecessors' mistakes in... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • US economy • town hall meeting • bailout • financial crisis

(Newser) - The Federal Reserve is confident the general economy is turning around but still pessimistic on the jobs part, the Wall Street Journal reports. In June meeting minutes issued today, those gathered agreed that data since April “indicated that the economic contraction was slowing and that the decline in activity... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • recession • unemployment • predictions • financial sector • economic crisis • minutes

Will Bernanke Get a 2nd Term?

Wall Street wants him to stay at Fed, but Summers, Congress could force him out

Jul 9, 09 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ben Bernanke's term as Fed chairman expires this year, and the White House and Treasury are weighing the opinions of two groups: financial executives who want the central banker reappointed, and members of Congress who want him gone. A Wall Street Journal poll found that 43 of 46 economists in... More »

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Bernanke Denies Threatening BofA Boss Over Merrill

He battles accusations that he strongarmed he company

Jun 25, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - On Capitol Hill today, Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke denied he threatened the job of Bank of America’s CEO when Ken Lewis hesitated on the Merrill Lynch merger last fall, CNNMoney reports. “I did not tell Bank of America’s management that the Federal Reserve would take action... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Bank of America • Federal Reserve • Henry Paulson • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform • Darrell Issa • Ken Lewis

ANALYSIS

 How China's 
 Boy Boom 
 Hurt US 
 Economy 

Preference for boys may lead to 'savings glut'

Jun 19, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lots of theories have been floated about the how the US housing and credit bubbles came to be, but this one gets points for originality: New research suggests that China's overabundance of males played a role, reports the Wall Street Journal. It begins with this: Because of the high male-to-female... More »

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China • Ben Bernanke • parents • baby • savings • boy • son

ANALYSIS

Congress Wary of Fed's Growing Power

After decades of deference, legislators turn on central bank

Jun 19, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Geithner testified before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, but as the Washington Post reports, it's not the Treasury but the Fed whose growing powers most worry legislators. Republicans and Democrats are both venting that Ben Bernanke's office did little to stop the excesses of the boom years, only to... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Charles Schumer • Congressional oversight • Federal Reserve • regulation • Richard Shelby • Senate Banking Committee • Obama administration • financial crisis • Timothy Geithner

OPINION

$134B Suitcase Could Be Huge Smuggling Scam

Italy arrests men with enough US bonds to buy a few countries

Jun 17, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last week, Italian authorities detained two Japanese men attempting to cross the border into Switzerland carrying a suitcase stuffed with $134 billion in US bonds. The men are either massive counterfeiters or—even scarier—the fourth-largest creditors of the US Treasury, with enough cash to buy three or four countries.... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Italy • Switzerland • debt • bonds • US dollar • counterfeiters • Treasury bills • Timothy Geithner • smuggling • Treasury note

Obama to Launch Radical Bank Reform

Changes will be the most ambitious since the Great Depression

Jun 14, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will unveil next week sweeping new changes to the nation’s governance of troubled financial institutions, the AP reports. Unlike Washington’s temporary ownership stake in automakers and major financial companies, the new regulatory protocol will be permanent and will present the most ambitious revision since the 1930s.... More »

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Barack Obama • private equity • Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • financial institutions • Great Depression • bank regulation • hedge funds • financial crisis

(Newser) - Economists think the US unemployment rate will stay above 9% through 2010, the Wall Street Journal survey finds. Accordingly, those in the know believe the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates down at least through spring. “For real people, there is no recovery until the unemployment rate stabilizes,”... More »

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inflation • Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • recession • unemployment • Treasury Department • survey • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • interest rates • economists • economic recovery

(Newser) - Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson may have leaned on Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis too heavily last year when he tried to back out of a deal to acquire Merrill Lynch, say congressional investigators. In fact, a GOP briefing document says the two Bush officals "put a gun... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Bank of America • Federal Reserve • Henry Paulson • merger • Merrill Lynch • Treasury Department • John Lewis • Wall Street bailout

Bernanke Sees Slow Recovery, Despite Positive Signs

Still hopes economy will grow by year's end

Jun 3, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has a long way to go before the economy returns to full health, despite hopeful signs, Ben Bernanke told the House budget committee today. “Recovery will only gradually gain momentum and that economic slack will diminish slowly,” the Fed chairman said. With businesses cautious, “the... More »

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Congress • Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • House of Representatives • recession • recovery • House Budget Committee • economy

OPINION

'Quiet Radical' Bernanke Reinvents Fed

Low-key chair deserves chance to stay on, clean up: Ignatius

May 28, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has a huge decision coming up this summer: whether to reappoint Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Fed or turn to obvious challenger Lawrence Summers. If he’s smart, he’ll stick with the soft-spoken incumbent, writes David Ignatius of the Washington Post. “He has... More »

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Barack Obama • Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • David Ignatius • financial crisis • Lawrence Summers

 From Ashes of Recession, 
 a Reshaped Fed Will Rise 

The Fed stands to gain some powers and lose others

May 18, 09 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the myriad things that will be reshaped by the current economic crisis is the Federal Reserve, the Wall Street Journal reports. The steps the Fed has taken to stave off further economic turmoil have made it more vulnerable than it has been in years: If a lasting recovery takes... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • finance • recession • financial institutions • bailout • financial crisis • Economic Recovery Advisory Board

 Fed Knew of AIG Bonuses 
 5 Months Before Storm 

Geithner's New York Fed planned for controversy in Sept. '08

May 13, 09 7:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senior officials at the New York Federal Reserve knew about AIG's plans to pay large bonuses more than 5 months before controversy erupted, according to documents seen by the Washington Post. Correspondence and phone records show that the central bank was working with AIG, lawyers, auditors, and PR firms to... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • AIG • American International Group • Timothy Geithner • New York Federal Reserve Bank

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