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Is the Fed’s 'Money Creation' Misunderstood?
07 Nov 2025 18:38 GMT
… 2010 interview, where Bernanke described how the Fed marks up digital … quantitative easing (QE). The Fed purchases assets from commercial … mortgage-backed securities. The Fed pays for these assets … does matter. When the Fed monetizes deficits through asset …
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Fed, not GSEs, should be mortgage securities backstop: BofA
04 Nov 2025 05:03 GMT
… critics including former then-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan called problematic two … programmatic buying by the Fed has resulted in meaningfully … the analysts said.
The Fed buys its mortgage-backed … inconsistent with this current Fed," with members who …
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The Fed at a Crossroads
04 Nov 2025 04:35 GMT
… his tenure ended.
Alan Greenspan, appointed by President Ronald … distinguished academic career, Bernanke was also more intellectually … predecessors. He infused Fed strategy with scholarly influence … economic conditions.
Bernanke also expanded the Fed’s tool …
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Embattled Fed Official Has Lost Key Economic Data Point: Diner Chatter
03 Nov 2025 21:39 GMT
… key economic indicators, making the Fed's job of … a few surveys from the Fed itself, and anecdotes from business … state of the economy. Fed officials have always scoured all … in the case of former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, reportedly going so far …
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How the Fed’s Missteps Sparked the Great Depression in 1929
02 Nov 2025 00:24 GMT
… to Gary, basically, the Fed was young and untested and … widespread bank failures. This misguided Fed policy led to deflation, … of Chicago, future Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, then a Fed Governor, paid … and the Depression. The Fed could have prevented deflation and …
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Fed rate cut is too little, too late — time to show glum Jerome Powell the door
30 Oct 2025 09:34 GMT
… reduce inflationary pressures.
The Fed should be cheerleading most of …
We also need a Fed chairman who sternly lectures Congress … , but — unlike his predecessor Alan Greenspan, a relentless budget hawk — … s runaway spending.
The Fed has done none of these …
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How a Fed Overhaul Could Eliminate the Federal Debt Crisis, Part II: Curbing Fed Independence
30 Oct 2025 16:18 GMT
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The Werner Findings: Fed Independence Is Correlated with … Milton Friedman, then-Fed Chair Ben Bernanke famously admitted, “Regarding … bought by the Fed. These Fed purchases were modest … Bankers.
GDP Growth, Not Fed Independence, Curbed Postwar Inflation
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Who are the candidates to replace Powell as Fed chair?
27 Oct 2025 19:09 GMT
… the shortlist:
Michelle Bowman
Fed Governor Michelle Bowman was first … hawkish officials on the current Fed board, although she dissented … speech.
Kevin Warsh
Former Fed governor Kevin Warsh is also … Mr Warsh was former Fed chair Ben Bernanke's liaison …
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Traders Price In Two More Fed Rate Cuts This Year After Soft Inflation Data
24 Oct 2025 18:01 GMT
… first of these two projected Fed rate cuts.
Traders Expect Two … More Fed Rate Cuts This Year
Polymarket … month’s FOMC meeting.
Notably, Fed officials, including Chris Waller and … a new Fed Chair in May who will make Bernanke look like …
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Understanding The Fed’s Balance Sheet, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, At The 67th Annual Meeting Of The National Association For Business Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
14 Oct 2025 22:12 GMT
… Federal Reserve System, April 29).
8. See Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System … Chair Ben Bernanke suggested the Fed might soon … of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2022), " … of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2022), " …