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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. dollar (DXY) and S&P 500 (SP500) performance is usually muted or lower three months after a Federal Reserve chair ...

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.

It sounded like an economic clash of the titans: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who warned that the U.S. economy could stumble into a recession by yearend, vs. current Fed chief ...