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Ben Bernanke Deserves a Break
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Criticism of Bernanke's role at the Federal Reserve
01/02/2009
The difficult renomination and the subsequent 70-30 vote with 30 Senators opposed including Boxer, Feingold, Sanders and others. This follows Ron Paul's criticisms in Congress of the Fed's role- see that link group.
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Martin Feldstein: The Federal Reserve's Policy Dead End
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Bhidé and Phelps: Central Banking Needs Rethinking
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2013
Fed Chairmanâs Departure Casts a New Light on the Bush Legacy
New York Times 07/26/2013
Wanted: A Boring Leader for the Fed
New York Times 08/20/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/15/2013
What's Needed in the Next Fed Chief
New York Times 09/15/2013
U.S. Fed chairman Bernanke's and Fed governor's assessment of the economy in 2011-2012
01/04/2010
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Wall Street Journal 06/07/2011
Fed Darkens Its Outlook but Plans No Changes
Wall Street Journal 06/23/2011
The Federal Reserve's Toolbox is Emptying
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Bernanke to Markets: Stay Tuned
Wall Street Journal 08/26/2011
Key Passages From Bernanke’s Jackson Hole Remarks
Wall Street Journal 08/26/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/28/2011
Alan Blinder on "job killing" spending, QE, and deficits
10/25/2010
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Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
Tom Keene Talks to Alan Blinder
BusinessWeek 10/28/2010
The GOP Myth of 'Job-Killing' Spending
Wall Street Journal 06/21/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/28/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2012
Wall Street Journal 03/01/2012
A potential QE III and the U.S. economy
08/04/2011
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Ex-Fed Officials Back More Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2011
Central Banks Run Short of Policy Options
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2011
QE2-Inspired Stock Rally May Soon Disappear
Wall Street Journal 08/08/2011
Fed Pledges Low Rates Through 2013
Wall Street Journal 08/09/2011
The Folly of Economic Short-Termism
Wall Street Journal 08/11/2011
New York Times 08/25/2011
The U.S. Federal Reserve and QE II.
08/12/2010
Problems with another round of quantitative easing, with Fed bond buying efforts to generate a jobs recovery.
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How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2010
America's economy: Not by monetary policy alone
Economist 10/28/2010
Opinions Are Split on Fed Policy Move
Wall Street Journal 11/01/2010
Expert opinion on Federal Reserve policy in 2011-2013
08/12/2010
The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee voted in August 2011 to keep exceptionally low rates till 2013, with three fed governors dissenting. The high market volatility in August 2011 and the Fed's decision to let the government and Congress shoulder more of the responsibility for the economy. The limited capabilities of the Fed after QE II.
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Martin Feldstein: The Federal Reserve's Policy Dead End
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2010
Yellen Says Restraining the Fed’s Oversight Would Be a ‘Grave Mistake’
New York Times 07/16/2014
Fed to Markets: Fly Solo, for Now
Wall Street Journal 08/10/2011
Wall Street Journal 08/26/2011
Wall Street Journal 08/31/2011
U.S. Fed chairman Bernanke at Jackson Hole and his news conference and Q&A- 2011
04/27/2011
The Fed reaches out to get its views out to the American public by having regular press conferences. Negotiations for consensus and communication with markets under Fed chairman Bernanke.
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Yellen's Challenge: Corralling Fed's Many Voices
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2013
Wall Street Journal 04/27/2011
The Chairman Makes History, but Little News
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2011
Be Careful Wishing for the Fedâs End
New York Times 04/30/2011
Why a Fed Rate Hike May Be Delayed
BusinessWeek 04/28/2011
Alan Blinder on the economy and Federal Reserve policy- 2011-2013
10/25/2010
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Fed Officials Try to Set the Market at Ease
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
Tom Keene Talks to Alan Blinder
BusinessWeek 10/28/2010
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/28/2011
Bernanke's Imprint on Fed Not Easily Erased
Wall Street Journal 01/30/2012
U.S. Federal Reserve Bank policy emerging from the September 2011 FOMC meeting
09/07/2011
The Fed's policy according to Neil Irwin of the Washington Post, is to move in the direction of reducing the composition of its bond portfolio rather than printing new money for new bond purchases. That policy of printing money for bond purchases came under criticism from Republican presidential candidates and there were three dissenters at the last FOMC meeting. Mindful of this the Fed is now considering a policy called a "switch," of buying more long term bonds and reducing the short term bonds in its portfolio. This would reduce long term interest rates. The impact on the housing market of past and current moves is limited by the fact that the mortgage markets are not functioning properly, as a large proportion of homeowners are under water (owe more than their house is worth). The Fed's effort come under its mandate to keep unemployment in check in addition to inflation.
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‘Fragile Five’ Is the Latest Club of Emerging Nations in Turmoil
New York Times 01/28/2014
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
Fed considers buying more long-term Treasury bonds to lower mortgage rates - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/07/2011
Bernanke Takes On a Balancing Act
Wall Street Journal 09/07/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2011
Parsing the Fed: How the Statement Changed
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2011
The probabilities of another round of quantitative easing or QE III in the U.S.
06/02/2011
Probabilities for a QE 3 in June 2011 are low, with inflation expected over the next 5 years at 2.8%, as suggested by TIPS. The Fed's thinking as reflected in comments by presidents of Fed regional banks is that there will be growth, even if it is "frustratingly slow at times." The Fed could act if a deflationary trend sets in. The extraordinary amount of liquidity- with about $2 trillion of bond purchases by the Fed since the 2008 crisis -acts as a counter weight to the housing slump, and to weak data for jobs and manufacturing.
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Fed Holds Steady as Economy Slows
Wall Street Journal 06/02/2011
QE2-Inspired Stock Rally May Soon Disappear
Wall Street Journal 08/08/2011
The Folly of Economic Short-Termism
Wall Street Journal 08/11/2011
New York Times 08/25/2011
Wall Street Journal 08/31/2011
Divisions at Federal Reserve Led to Rate Compromise
New York Times 08/30/2011
The Federal Reserve's defense of its $600 billion QE II decision
08/12/2010
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How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2010
Stung by Criticism, Fed Officials Reply
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2010
Fed's actions were needed to boost global economy, Bernanke tells detractors
Washington Post 11/19/2010
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2010
Fed Adopts Political Tactics to Fight Critics
New York Times 11/22/2010
Bernanke Talks Unemployment With Business Leaders
New York Times 11/30/2010
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