Ben Bernanke

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Top regulators want a council, not the Fed, to lead in supervising systemic risk

The battle for who will be top dog in systemic risk supervision tseemed to tilt against the Federal Reserve this week.

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Obama gives Bernanke not quite ‘two thumbs up’

President Obama skirted a question about reappointing Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman when his term expires in January, but did praise the chairman for performing “very well” since the crisis began.
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Deficit fears boxing in Bernanke and undermining recovery, economist says

“Bernanke is in a box,” say American Enterprise Institute economist Desmond Lachman, referring to the Fed chairman’s warning in congressional testimony last week about curbing fiscal deficits.
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Power Play Profile: Ben Bernanke

What makes Big Ben tick?

No, not the clock in London’s Westminster Palace – but Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Bernanke pulled the veil aside, however, in a recent commencement speech at Boston College Law School. Addressing the graduates, he mused on the unpredictability of life, drawing on his own experience to illustrate his point.