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Bernanke Says Extending Bush's Tax Cuts Would Maintain Economic Stimulus

Scott Lanman and Ryan J. Donmoyer Bloomberg.com 07/24/2010

US Federal Reserve chairman warns of 'unsustainable' debt

SEWELL CHAN The New York Times 06/09/2010
Bernanke Says Extending Bush's Tax Cuts Would Maintain Economic Stimulus

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said extending at least some of the tax cuts set to expire this year would help strengthen a U.S. economy still in need of stimulus and urged offsetting the move with increased revenue or lower spending.

US Federal Reserve chairman warns of 'unsustainable' debt

When it comes to the deficit, Ben S. Bernanke has a story, and he’s sticking to it. Mr. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, warned on Wednesday that “the federal budget appears to be on an unsustainable path,” but also recognized that an “exceptional increase” in the deficit had been necessary to ease the pain of recession.

Fed chief tells graduates: don't worry, be happy

JEANNINE AVERSA My Way News 05/08/2010
Fed chief tells graduates: don't worry, be happy

Your parents were right. Money can't buy you happiness. That was the message from the Federal Reserve chairman on Saturday to graduates of the University of South Carolina.

Goldman Sachs' role in Greek financial crisis investigated

The US central bank has launched an inquiry into derivatives contracts arranged between Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and investment banks with Greece, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Thursday. .

Ben Bernanke gets a second term as Federal Reserve chairman

Janet Hook and Don Lee Los Angeles Times 01/28/2010
Ben Bernanke gets a second term as Federal Reserve chairman

The Senate, putting market stability ahead of populist anger at Wall Street, voted Thursday to give Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke a second four-year term as head of the nation's central bank.

Bernanke Says Regulation Came ‘Too Late’ to Curb Housing Bubble

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said low central bank interest rates didn’t cause the housing bubble of the past decade and that better regulation would have been more effective in curbing the boom.

Time names Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke person of the year for 2009

Time magazine on Wednesday named Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke its person of the year for 2009, saying the story of the year -- the weak economy -- could have been far worse if not for the mild-mannered academic.

Senate panel to mull Bernanke's nomination to second term on Dec. 3

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's chairman said Friday.

Fed Chairman Talks to Nation in Missouri 'Town Hall'

Peter Barnes FOXBusiness.com 07/26/2009
US Federal Reserve chairman's personal bank account struck by identity theft

WASHINGTON — No one is safe from identity theft, not even the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Ben Bernanke's personal checking account became entangled in an elaborate identity-theft scheme after his wife Anna's purse was stolen last August at a Capitol Hill Starbucks. According to a District of Columbia police report, it contained her Social Security card, checkbook, credit cards and IDs.

Fed Chairman Talks to Nation in Missouri 'Town Hall'

KANSAS CITY, MO.--Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke used the first-ever television town hall-style meeting conducted by a Fed chief to review causes and policy responses to the recent financial crisis and to promote proposed regulatory reforms that he hopes will help prevent another one.


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