Ben S. Bernanke
http://www.federalreserve.gov/Ben S. Bernanke is the current Federal Reserve Chairman. He was nominated by President George W. Bush in October 2005 to succeed Alan Greenspan. He was sworn in as chairman on February 1, 2006.
Bernanke was born in Georgia and grew up in South Carolina. He graduated from Harvard in 1975 with a BA in economics and received a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979. He taught at the Stanford Graduate Scholl of Business from 1979 to 1985 and became a tenured professor at Princeton University.
Before becoming Federal Reserve Chairman, he was the Director of the Monetary Economics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research and editor of the American Economic Review. In addition, he was chairman of the US President's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA).
Bernanke has been an advocate of a more transparent and democratic Federal Reserve, a different approach than Alan Greenspan. However, Bernanke's first months as FED Chairman were rocky. He took over in the midst of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the housing bubble. Also, he was criticized by some as being too "academic" and out of touch with the markets.
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Testimony by Bernanke on Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress
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FOMC Minutes from June 21-22 Meeting: Officials Mixed on More Stimulus
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Top 10 6/27-7/1: Stocks Rally, QE2 Ends, Zynga Files IPO
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QE2 Ends, Bond Buyers May Do the '23 Skiddoo'
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 06/23: (VXX) (UUP) Higher; (SPY) (USO) (UNG) Lower
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Bloodbath in Commodities
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Bernanke is Using His 2002 Playbook to Combat Deflation... Here's What's Coming Next
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Surprise!... Stocks Sell Off as Bernanke Speaks: Dow Down 66, Nasdaq Down 15, S&P 500 Down 7
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Bernanke Suggests QE3 Many Not Involve Additional Assets Purchases
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Ben Bernanke conference starts
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Fed Stands Pat But Addresses Slowing Growth
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FOMC Statement: Slower Pace of Recovery, Ending QE2 In June
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Jackson Hole is the 'QE' Capital of the World
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Market in Limbo Ahead of Possible Fed Flip-Flop
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Bernanke Speech to Committee for Responsible Federal Budget
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Ron Paul Stokes Rumors the Gold in Fort Knox is Fake (GLD)
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Top 10 News Items 6/6-6/10: Stocks Fall for Sixth Straight Week; Fed Says 'Accommodative Policies Still Needed' But Won't Discuss QE3; Bernanke/Jamie Dimon Stand-Off
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David Tepper Says Don't Count on QE3
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 06/08: (USO) (XLE) (EPU) Higher; (EWY) (SLX) (TAN) Lower
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JP Morgan's (JPM) Dimon Takes His Concerns Directly to the Big Guy
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Stocks Sell-Off Into Close as Bernanke Says Accommodative Policies Still Needed: Dow Up 9, S&P 500 Up 2
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Ben Bernanke: Accommodative Policies Still Needed
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Bernanke Says Accommodative Monetary Policies Are Still Needed
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Market Tunes Into Fed Speak
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FOMC Minutes from April 26-27, 2011 Meeting
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Q&A From Bernanke Press Conference
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