All Posts Tagged With: "ben bernanke"

Crisis Signs Overlooked by Federal Reserve

January 19th, 2013 - 16 comments - Filed Under - by
Newly released transcripts show that Federal Reserve officials, including the Chairman Ben Bernanke, largely overlooked the financial crisis in 2007 as it hurtled its way toward the economy in the U.S. like a runaway freight train. Even while officials at the Federal Reserve were worrying about the financial markets and more and more evidence was [...]

Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke Stands by Previous Policies

March 29th, 2012 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
Once again Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke offered his defense for the unusual policy response to the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. The chairman told students at George Washington University that without those actions the world economy could have suffered a total meltdown. While it is too bad that the chairman still has [...]