Ben Bernanke
Fed’s international finance division director leaves
Nathan Sheets leaves the Federal Reserve after 18 years; Steven Kamin to step in as acting director
Fed aims for summer Sifi regulations
Bernanke says Fed expects to issue proposed rules on Sifi oversight this summer; also 'on schedule' to implement Basel III
Markets respond positively as Bernanke says US is ready to act
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says US has a “number of ways” it could ease financial conditions if necessary; markets respond postitively
Fed less positive but leaves rate unchanged
FOMC statement less optimistic than last month's; in second-ever press conference, chairman Bernanke faces questions on Greece
Bernanke warns Congress on fiscal deficit
Fed chairman warns limiting debt ceiling self defeating, says US must choose between “careful and deliberative process” of financial policy change or “much more painful” crisis response
Bernanke urges government to promote R&D
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says government can support research and development by fostering better climate for private investment
Bernanke on US gains from Mexico trade ties
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says United States has benefited immensely from its strong trade links to Mexico
Bernanke: Fed striving to ensure level playing field
Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke outlines road map ahead for Basel Committee and the Financial Stability Board
Bernanke to make motion picture debut in “Too big to fail” film
New film chronicles the months leading up to Lehman Brothers’ collapse in 2008; centres on treasury secretary Henry Paulson
Bernanke sheds light on new macroprudential approach
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke touches on benefits of new macroprudential approach in the United States under the Dodd-Frank Act
Bernanke heeds unemployment effects on housing market
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says high unemployment rates were increasingly forcing households to fall behind on mortgage payments
Bernanke holds first press conference
Federal Reserve chairman reiterates US commitment to strong dollar, voices concern over shift in outlook for US debt
RBA governor ahead of HKMA chief on pay scale
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens overtakes Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive as one of the highest paid central bank heads
Bernanke pledges tough oversight of CCPs
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says reforms to financial market infrastructure will help strengthen supervision of central counterparties
Greenspan launches blistering attack on US financial regulations
Former chairman of the Fed claims the Dodd-Frank legislation does not meet “the test of our times”
Plosser: stick with fed funds rate for exit
Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s Charles Plosser says federal funds rate would be more effective tool than interest on reserves in normalising monetary policy
Bernanke to brief the press
Federal Reserve to join Bank of England and European Central Bank in holding monetary policy press conferences
Future of macro policy far from set, says IMF’s Blanchard
Exploration is the order of the day, IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard claims; predicts central role for behavioural economics
ECB rejects temporary price pressures argument; signals tightening
European Central Bank’s hawkish Thursday announcement shows a different interpretation of commodity price pressures, second-round effects, to Bank of England and Fed
Bernanke on inflationary impact of global commodity boom
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says rise in global commodity prices may lead to temporary spell of inflation
Europe contributed to global savings glut: Fed paper
Federal Reserve study says European demand for US securities helped push US Treasury yields lower
Bernanke on progress of Dodd-Frank reforms
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke outlines Dodd Frank reforms in financial stability area
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