The decision to award the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics to former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke was widely panned on social media as critics blamed the then-central bank chief for contributing to the ...

The surge in populist politics that helped fuel President Donald Trump’s victory and the rise of progressives on the left wasn’t triggered by U.S. policy makers response to the 2008 financial crisis, ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress today that a fresh round of government stimulus is a good idea because there's a risk the country's economic weakness could last for ...

Even if you credit Ben Bernanke with working miracles in 2008, his later actions messed the nation up for decades. AP Ouch: The Nobel Prize in Economics for former Fed chief Ben Bernanke may be one of ...

Writing about former Fed Chairman Arthur Burns in his 1998 book, Nixon’s Economy, economic historian Allen Matusow noted that Burns “had no fixed monetary principle of his own, except a determined ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled Tuesday that further interest rate cuts are unlikely because of concerns about inflation. High oil prices are a double-edged sword that can ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If 2008 was a tough year for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, 2009 is looking no easier as political battles pile on top of tough economic challenges. With the end of his ...

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on Congress Tuesday to write new laws that would expand the Fed's role in preventing financial crises, such as the collapse of Bear Stearns last March.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took the stand on Thursday to defend the U.S. government's bailout of American International Group in 2008, in a fourth day of testimony by former top ...

WASHINGTON — This season, Ben Bernanke was able to sit through an entire Nationals game. During the financial meltdown in 2008, the then-chairman of the Federal Reserve would buy a lemonade and head ...