Ben Bernanke on Townhall

• Bernanke's Semi-Annual Tap-Dance of Distortions, Half-truths, Lies, and Hypocrisy Thu May 23
  Mike Shedlock
  Inquiring minds with extra time on their hands this morning are plodding through the Full Transcript of Bernanke's Testimony To Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress looking for the usual collection of half-truths, distortions, and outright lies it usually contains. ... more
• What Bubble? Mon May 6
  Bill Tatro
  Bernanke seemed to be much more like Alfred E. Neuman of Mad magazine fame who continually said, “What, me worry?” ... more
• Breaking News: Communists are Not to be Trusted Wed Apr 10
  Michael Schaus
  It’s not as if the Communist state has ever manipulated numbers, built empty cities, or circumvented conventional economic models to make their performance on the world stage seem more grandiose than it already is. ... more
• Conservatives For the Federal Reserve Sun Mar 24
  Kevin Glass
• Fed Sees High Unemployment Into 2015 Thu Mar 21
  Washington, D.C.
  Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says unemployment will remain high into 2015, suggesting the Fed will keep short-term interest rates near record lows at least until then. ... more
• Congress Demands Bernanke’s Exit Strategy Fri Feb 22
  Mike Shedlock
  In a long overdue, yet surprising move, Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Economic Growth demands answers on Bernanke's exit strategy. ... more
• Prophets and Losses Tue Feb 5
  Thomas Sowell
  Now that the federal government is playing an ever larger role in the economy, a look at Washington's track record seems to be long overdue. ... more
• Economic Outlook for 2013: ZIRP, Zombies, and the Japanization of the American Economy Wed Jan 9
  Mark W. Hendrickson
  I recently indulged in some wistful, year-end nostalgia, but now that 2013 is underway, let’s turn our attention to a time more crucial to our well-being: the future in which we will live. ... more
• Need a Job? You May Have to Wait Until 2015 or Later, Says the Fed Fri Dec 14
  Donald Lambro
  WASHINGTON - Everything you ever wanted to know about the Obama economy is in a single sentence about the Federal Reserve Board's latest attempts this week to deal with unacceptably high unemployment. ... more
• Mr. Romney: Take Ben Bernanke's Resignation On Day One Wed Oct 17
  Ralph Benko
  One of the latent issues of the 2012 presidential race is a referendum on the Bernanke Fed. If Romney is in, Bernanke is out. ... more
• Even The Fed Doesn’t Believe It’ll Work Sun Sep 23
  Austin Hill
  Breaking news: officials in our U.S. Federal Government do not know how to solve all our woes. ... more
• Obama's a Nice Enough Guy ... Mon Sep 17
  Rich Galen
  Friday night I was on Anderson Cooper's CNN program, AC360 with one of my favorite debate partners, Paul Begala. As neither Paul nor I am a foreign policy expert we talked about the domestic political aspects of the riots - and killings - in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). ... more
• Ratings Agency Downgrades U.S. Credit Fri Sep 14
  Leah Barkoukis
• Bernanke Announces New Measures Fri Sep 14
  Washington, DC
  Bernanke announced the latest round of quantitative easing. ... more
• Obama's Report Card: Failing Economics 101 Wed Sep 5
  Donald Lambro
  The weakening, job-starved Obama economy looms over the Democrats' national convention this week, casting a pall of gloom over a party paralyzed by its far-left ideology. ... more
• Bernanke Warns Democrats on Budget Brinksmanship Wed May 16
  Kevin Glass
• The Kings of the World Mon May 14
  Bruce Bialosky
  They walk where no mortals dare. They face challenges that melt the resolve of ordinary people. They fearlessly stride the pathways of the world, towering over the feeble masses. Commoners worship them as gods, without whom their lives would dissipate into madness and chaos. Who are these giants that rule the world and whose wisdom is essential to our daily existence? They are economists. ... more
• Homo Politicus, Part II: Washington's Obedience to Authority Problem Wed Apr 18
  Ralph Benko
  An earlier column, “Homo Politicus,” offered an explanation of why Washington does not learn from experience. (Recap: Washington elites rarely operate from observed results. Rather, they mostly emulate higher status members of their society — much as do chimpanzees and other primates.) ... more
• Romney v. Obama: The 2012 Race May Hinge On the Fed Wed Mar 28
  Ralph Benko
  Mitt Romney is the favorite to win the Republican nomination for president. If nominated, the campaign against Obama may well hinge on the dramatically different views on monetary policy between Obama’s Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, and that of R. Glenn Hubbard. Hubbard is dean of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, former Chairman of the President’s council of Economic Advisers, and, with Harvard’s N. Gregory Mankiw, one of Gov. Romney’s most trusted economic policy counselors. ... more
• Bernanke: Fed was 'helpless' in Lehman failure Tue Mar 27
  Townhall.com Staff
• What Gold Sees, and Ben Bernanke Does Not Fri Mar 23
  Jerry Bowyer
  The confusion about gold valuation is a symptom of a larger confusion about valuation in general. We don’t understand any longer what things are worth, because we don’t understand any longer what ‘worth’ means. ... more
• Atlantic Magazine Proclaims Ben Bernanke "THE HERO" Fri Mar 23
  Mike Shedlock
  If you are looking for the most nauseating cover possible on Ben Bernanke, please consider the April 2012 issue of the Atlantic. ... more
• Federal Reserve perks up on jobs but holds tight on policy Tue Mar 13
  Townhall.com Staff
• White House on Legally-Mandated Budgeting: "No Opinion" Thu Feb 9
  Guy Benson
• Fed Signals That a Full Recovery Is Years Away Wed Jan 25
  Townhall.com Staff

• ← Previous
• Next →