Ben Bernanke
Warsh quits Fed
Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh plans to step down from Fed seven years before term ends
Bernanke calls for fiscal retrenchment
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke calls on government to ease debt burden from health care and ageing population
Unemployment rate will take several years to normalise: Bernanke
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke expects unemployment rate to take several years to return to normal levels
Fed, Greenspan blamed for crisis by bulk of crisis commission
Six of ten members point finger at weak regulation and lack of awareness as to the goings-on in markets as causes of the crisis; four dissent, saying under-regulation claims overstated
FOMC 2005 transcripts: Bernanke, Hoenig called for long-term inflation targets
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Kansas Fed president Thomas Hoenig shown making a case for inflation targets in 2005 central bank meetings
Fed uncooperative and audit insufficient, claims influential senator
US senator Bernie Sanders dissatisfied with Federal Reserve’s response to further questions on audit of emergency lending facilities
Unemployment to weaken recovery: Bernanke
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says moderate economic recovery is likely to keep unemployment high
QE3 possible if conditions warrant it, says Bernanke
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says a further expansion of Treasury bill purchase programme is possible; stresses worries on unemployment
Taylor calls on Fed to focus on price stability, not employment
Economist John Taylor likens Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing programme to fiscal policy; says central bank should focus on single price stability mandate
Bernanke says Fed’s supervisory role creates synergies
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says financial supervision at central banks provides benefits for macroeconomic management
Bernanke: QE2 a misleading moniker
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says $600 billion Treasury purchase scheme not officially quantitative easing
New Fed office to aid stability, macroprudential efforts
Federal Reserve sets up financial stability policy office to coordinate institution-wide analysis on stability risks; J. Nellie Liang named director of office
CIC’s Zhou calls on Congress, not Fed, to spend
China Investment Corporation’s Zhou Yuan says further quantitative easing will not cure United States’ unemployment problem; Fed expected to unveil more asset purchases, despite dissent
FSoc to debate measures to toughen money market funds
US Presidential Working Group including Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner proposes eight steps to prevent runs on money market funds
Bernanke hints at further round of QE
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says Fed is prepared for further stimulus
The dangers of Bernanke’s calls for change
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s calls for more research into areas of economics underexplored by central bankers is commendable, but translating this into policy has its risks, writes Claire Jones
Bernanke stresses importance of financial education
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says financial literacy is important part of school curriculum
Bernanke charts new course for Fed economics
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggests research must veer away from assumptions based on classical paradigm; stresses models must better capture irregular behaviour
US to launch financial stability council next week
Financial Stability Oversight Council to hold first meeting on 1 October
EXCLUSIVE: Don’t rely on near-zero rates, says Rajan
Former IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan warns the Federal Reserve has no quick fixes to solve United States’ economic ills but says Bernanke right man for the job
Bernanke: Fed won’t rule out leaning against wind
Regulation should be “first line of defence” against bubbles, but FOMC is monitoring financial imbalances
Governors from five continents meet in Jackson Hole
Roster of attendees shows 41 central bank heads travelled to the wilds of Wyoming for Jackson Hole meet; number of Fed officials in attendance falls by a third
BoJ expands fixed-rate fund supply on growth, yen fears
Bank of Japan unveils six-month term to existing fixed-rate funds operation; facility to expand by $238 billion on fears of weak US growth, yen strength
Focus on banks’ incentives must continue post-crisis: Bank’s Bean
Bank of England deputy governor Charles Bean says crisis focus on bank incentives must remain; financial market problems require macroprudential instruments