Ben Bernanke

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• Dear Barack, Spare Me Your E-Mails

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 718
  By Robert Scheer Obama’s faux populism is beginning to grate, and when yet another one of those “we the people” e-mails from the president landed on my screen as I was fishing around for a column subject, I came unglued. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries December 8, 2009 McChrystal: Defeating ...
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• Grayson Rips Bernanke Over Latest AIG Bailout, Insinuates Attempted IRS Fraud In Grossly Illegal Deal

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 750
  One day, Vince McMahon will pay handsomley to get Ben Bernanke and Alan Grayson in the squared circle. Until that day, we should just hope and dream. In the meantime, we have litters and public appearances by the Florida Congressman, who takes the latest AIG "taxpayer payback" opportunity to remind everyone of just ...
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• Senate Panel Wants To Decide Bernankes Fate On December 17, As Volcker Blasts Fin Innovation, Demands Return To Glass Steagal

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 750
  79% of Americas population (those who know who the Fed Chairman is, and unanimously want him never to step into the hallways of the Marriner Eccles building ever again) has 10 more days of hope, before a Senate panel votes against the broad desires of more than two thirds of Americas population, and votes for ...
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• Bernanke Just Squashed the Gold Rally, Now What?

  
  Investment U — Authority: 563
  Bernanke Just Squashed the Gold Rally, Now What? by Robert Williams , Publisher Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Gold prices are in retreat – their steepest two-day decline since March – on the announcement by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that inflation “appears likely to remain subdued for some time.” He also ...
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• Extreme Measures are Warranted… for Now

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 638
  Ben Bernanke told us yesterday that inflation “could move lower from here,” obviously suggesting that any Fed tightening is a long way off. These comments got the market’s attention, particularly after Friday’s surprisingly benign jobs number.However, I think Bernanke is...
  21 hours ago

• Bernanke Squashes Rate Hike Hopes...

  
  Daily Pfennig — Authority: 123
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• Blame Bernanke | Dean Baker

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  The Fed chairman Ben Bernanke could have acted to burst Americas housing bubble – and yet he did nothing As the senate debates Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernankes reappointment, it is striking how the media views blaming Bernanke for the Great Recession as being out of bounds. Of course Bernake bears much of ...
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• Is FedExs Good News a Sign the Economy Has Turned?

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 789
  Filed under: Economy FedEx Corp. ( FDX ), which in the last eight months has laid off workers and raised rates , boosted its guidance Tuesday for its fiscal second quarter profit. The move underscores a growing optimism that the economy is improving, albeit at a painfully slow pace. The Memphis-based shipper ...
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• The First Shot Across The Bow At Aaa-Rated US And UK

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 750
  In addition to having become the biggest joke on trading desks the world over, the AAA rating of both the US and the UK is now starting to bother Buffett baby (soon to be step child) Moodys. Its "Aaa Sovereign Monitor" released today is all about the cautionary language that we have grown to love and expect from the ...
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• Frontrunning: December 8

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 750
  A lonely voice against the Fed now leads a chorus ( WaPo ) Fitch takes the first step: downgrades Greece to BBB+, outlook negative ( Bloomberg ) More legal troubles for BofA: this time for CEO-in-waiting Greg Curl ( Reuters ) A view of things to come: Japan announces brand new $81 billion stimulus packake as ...
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• Andy Xie: “Whole world is drinking poison to quench the thirst”

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 683
  Andy Xie believes ultra-low interest rates in the U.S. and elsewhere are fuelling an asset price bubble which will pop dramatically in 2012.  In his view, the policies of the world’s central banks are reckless and will lead to worse down the road. Bloomberg quotes him as follows: “There is a Chinese saying ...
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• Economics for Politicians

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 117
    http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/12/08/economics-for-politicians/#comment-1395 The above-linked op-ed piece, “Economics for Politicians,” appeared on the Reuters web site this morning.  I found it interesting because it echoes a post on the same subject that I made over a year ago, as our economy ...
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• December 8, 2009

  
  Rising in Phoenix — Authority: 128
  From David Dayen at Firedoglake blog, …”Bernanke’s head-scratcher of a confirmation hearing, http://news.firedoglake.com/2009/12/03/bernanke-yes-to-social-security-cuts-no-to-new-jobs-bill when he opined on fiscal policy by saying that Congress should cut Social Security rather than stimulate job growth, has ...
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• Senator Sanders Unfiltered: Wheres the Fed?

  
  POLITICAL TRUTH-THE BLOG THAT ROCKS — Authority: 134
  
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• Wall Street Stalls After Feds Comments

  
  DealBook — Authority: 762
  In the morning, investors tried to predict what the Fed chairman would say. In the afternoon, they were not exactly sure whether what he said was good or bad.
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• USD and Crude Oil Lower on Bernanke Statements

  
  Forex Trading Education : Forex Trading Blog by FOREXYARD — Authority: 137
  The US Dollar fell today after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave comments concerning the slow recovery of the U.S. economy which may keep inflation low. This hints towards a continued Fed policy of lower interest rates for the foreseeable future and short-term pressure on the USD.Crude Oil prices continued ...
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• The Buck Stops Where?

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 566
  by John Browne, Senior Market Strategist, Euro Pacific Capital Last week, we witnessed Ben Bernanke’s Senate confirmation hearings for a second term as Fed Chairman. The air was thick with hypocrisy, as Senators vied with each other to cast blame on the Fed Chairman for the fiscal mistakes of the Congress.  As ...
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• Politico Plays Catch-up, Notes Transpartisan Unity on Bernanke’s Re-Appointment

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 727
  photo: rin3y via Flickr Politico had a catch-up article about the interesting coalition opening up around Ben Bernanke’s re-appointment and issued of Fed transparency. I say a “catch-up” article because they’re just getting to where I was five days ago . Nonetheless, they have some interesting additions ...
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• We MUST protect Wall St bankers

  
  The Nookular Option — Authority: 455
  What else can one conclude from this ? President Barack Obama continues to back Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman despite criticism from some U.S. senators during confirmation hearings for his second term, the White House said on Monday. "The president stands by his nomination," White House spokesman ...
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• Democrats Push For Reinstatement Of Glass-Steagal

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 750
  In what is the start of the biggest uphill battle in D.C., arguably even bigger than deposing the printing press leprechaun, five democrats are proposing an amendment to reinstate Glass-Steagal, whose repeal, through the Larry Summers orchestrated Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, in 1999 set the economy on the collision course ...
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