Deflation

...Bernanke's strategy is one that favors taking risks with inflation rather than taking risks of falling into a trap (of deflation) that he has written a treatise on how to avoid," said Mellor, referring to Bernanke's past research as an...

In this article: Bank of England, Ben Bernanke, The Fed, Adidas AG, China, and Recession

...of the Federal Reserve to prevent deflation. Mr. Ben S. Bernanke has outlined several formulas to prevent deflation in the speech in 2002 which I wish to discuss in this article. The first formula, in Mr. Bernanke's own words, is...

In this article: Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve System, United States, Barack Obama, Goods and services, Recession, Inflation, and Timothy Geithner

...inflation. Bernanke devoted his life to studying the role of credit in monetary policy and the hazards of deflation and credit collapse, and he famously concluded that we have the technology to prevent "it" from happening here. We are...

In this article: Inflation, Asset price inflation, Ben Bernanke, Normative, Unemployment, Balance sheet, Recession, Distribution of wealth, and Currency crisis

...Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, is convinced he knows the secret of avoiding hard times. The Fed can halt deflation and turn the picture into asset inflation. All it takes, thinks Bernanke, is zero interest rates and the creation of trillions of...

In this article: Ben Bernanke, S&P 500, The Fed, Wal-Mart, U.S., Inflation, Dow Jones Industrial Index, Europe, and Bespoke

...2009 In January, Ben Bernanke gave a very important speech at the London School of Economics where he laid out the Federal Reserve's strategy in fighting the forces of deflation and market illiquidity (see post with videos here). His was a...

In this article: The Fed, Balance sheet, Ben Bernanke, Recession, Inflation, London School of Economics, and Stanford University