
Ben Bernanke News


Fed Response to Financial Crisis Could Have Been More Aggressive: Bernanke
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank could have done more to fight the country's financial crisis and that he struggled to find the right way to communicate with ...
Bernanke’s 8-Year Term Highlights: Anger at AIG, Media Mishaps, Relations with Congress
Intellectually, Ben S. Bernanke was prepared to tackle the gravest economic crisis since the 1930s as chairman of the Federal Reserve. A Princeton University economics professor, he was an expert on ...
A New Year’s Resolution: I Will Protect My Portfolio from Rising Rates
As with personal resolutions and renewed avowals, the start of a new year is the perfect time for insurers to revisit the parameters and goals guiding their investment portfolios. Particularly for ...
Bernanke Should Testify in Greenberg Case Against Bailout: Judge
A U.S. judge said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should be required to testify in the lawsuit by the former chief of American International Group Inc., Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, against the ...
Greenberg Wants Bernanke to Testify in Suit Challenging AIG Bailout
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke shouldn't be compelled to testify in Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's lawsuit over the government's bailout of American International Group Inc., the Justice ...
Obama Says Bernanke ‘Stayed A Lot Longer’ Than He Wanted To At Fed
President Barack Obama hinted in an interview aired on Monday that he may be looking for a new chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, saying current Chairman Ben Bernanke has stayed a lot longer ...