bernanke

Since yesterdays highly anticipated FOMC meeting the major stock indexes are soaring. As you all know, the Federal Reserve said that they will continue their current $85 billion a month QE-3 program. The current QE-3 program is where the central bank buys $45 billion in mortgage backed...

His chairmanship ends in 2014 and speculation has begun about who will be the next Fed head. Bernanke has said that he does not think he is indispensible, but whether or not he would want to return is unknown (and whether Obama would reappoint him). I sure hope so because while I think they have...

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is at it again, saying that the Fed is ready to act with more stimulus in order to counter a weakening economy, only a few weeks after QE2 ended and the Fed insisted it was done. The easy money will continue to flow it seems...

In an interview that aired on 60 minutes tonight, Ben Bernanke said that easing beyond the $600 billion of QE2 is possible in response to weak employment numbers. You can read a lot of the interview here...

The Senate voted 77 to 23 in favor of Ben Bernanke for his second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve today. Although he won, Bernanke still faces a lot of criticism for some of his actions following the financial crisis and critics, including some within Congress, are expected to continue...

How do you all feel about Obama's offering Bernanke another term as chairman of the Fed? Good, bad, or would it be the same either way?