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The most interesting part of the afternoon ceremony, which has been posted on YouTube, was what former Fed chairmen Paul Volcker (1979-1987) and Alan Greenspan (1987-2006) and current Chairman Ben ...
In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and Janet Yellen write that independence is best for the economy, employment rate, and stable prices.
As Greenspan plummets, Volcker surges If you could trade shares in Fed chairmen, it's time to sell the Maestro. As for Bernanke? Every week, it's a different story.
June 27, 2008 Where's Bernanke's Inner Volcker? By Lawrence Kudlow. On the day after an unusually important Fed policy meeting both gold and stocks severely rebuked the central bank's decision to ...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke promised a new era of transparency for Fed policy. Until Tuesday, the markets have not liked what they have seen. Bernanke is accused of following, rather ...
SAVE the dollar! Fire Ber nanke! There have been a lot of folks attacking Ben Bernanke lately. Most are steamed that the chairman of the Federal Reserve isn’t cutting interest rates fast enou… ...
The Volcker anti-inflation model presumably handed down to Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke always argued that price stability is the cornerstone of economic growth. Yet it appears that today’s Fed has ...
The last chairman to score four out of four was Paul Volcker, who ran the Fed from 1979 until Alan Greenspan took over in 1987. Volcker was a competent economist but no great scholar.
Joined by his two predecessors, Ben Bernanke marked the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve by reflecting on the bold actions past chairmen have had to take in the best ...
Gold spiked $30, a clear message that Bernanke & Co. won't stop inflation. Stocks plunged over 200 points, an equally clear message that the Fed's cheap-dollar inflation is damaging economic growth.
Funny how gender never came up during Bernanke’s nomination. Or Greenspan’s. Or Volcker’s. July 31, 2013. By Ezra Klein. When I wrote my article on ...
Janet Yellen, left, President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Federal Reserve Board; former Chairman Paul Volcker; former Chairman Alan Greenspan; and outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke ...