Ben Bernanke
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
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