Ben Bernanke

...clean balance sheet," Krugman told reporters at a news conference in Buenos Aires on Oct. 27. "I'm sure Bernanke would like that as well. But the problem is in housing. The Fed probably should continue purchasing as long as we're in this...

In this article: The Fed, Ben S. Bernanke, Fairbanks Morse, Paul Kanjorski, Christopher Dodd, Balance sheet, Bloomberg Television, Princeton University, and Freddie Mac

...columnist Paul Krugman issued depression warnings. Bernanke admitted similar fears in interviews with David Wessel, economics editor of the Wall Street Journal and author of "In Fed We Trust." The fact that the global economy is no longer...

In this article: The Fed, Lawrence Summers, Depression, Barack Obama, Economics, and Inflation

...and quality of bank capital." "The Federal Reserve supports these initiatives. The structure of capital requirements should also be reviewed," Bernanke said. Paul Krugman called the stress tests a mere "self-esteem class" for banks that no...

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...the language of Fed chairmen. He parses Bernanke's speech to Asian nations and comes up with this question: Should the United States pressure China to stop buying dollars and revalue its currency? Krugman says yes. And by translating...

In this article: Paul Krugman, Henry Paulson, Bradford DeLong, Hyperinflation, and GS

...the issues raised in the report. But there are no signs that Obama, Geithner, Bernanke or anyone else in Washington is taking Elizabeth Warren, Paul Krugman or their fellow doubters seriously. Until they do, we might as well hand the...

In this article: Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Elizabeth Warren, Paul Krugman, Citigroup, US, and Mesirow Financial

...CPI has dipped slightly below the Fed's putative 2% "target. " So the extreme measures that Krugman and Bernanke advocated for Japan do not translate fully to the United States. But they do translate a lot more than the consensus is even...

In this article: Inflation, Bank of Japan, The Fed, Deflation, Paul Krugman, Japan, Tax, and Balance sheet

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Ben S. Bernanke deserves another term as Federal Reserve chairman on the basis of his success in battling the financial crisis, said Princeton University economist Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize recipient. "He's...

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...administration, but not the Fed. That Bernanke should go would seem self-evident. Krugman said Monday, "I think Bernanke has done a really good job. He failed to see this coming and he was behind the curve in early phases. But he's been...

In this article: The Fed, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Janet Yellen, Laura Tyson, Alan Greenspan, Paul Krugman, Inflation, and U.S.

...policy and has become a standard lesson in nearly every economic textbook. Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and Paul Krugman have all frequently cited his work. His latest book, Getting Off Track, argues that failed government policy...

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