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Entries tagged "Ben Bernanke"

Fed coup at BofA?

Did the Federal Reserve force a coup at BofA? If you read between the lines of a Wall Street Journal story, it seems to imply the Fed pressured the bank to make changes.


Want a bailout? There's an iPhone app for that

Would you like a bailout? Are you a banker frustrated at politicians or a politician frustrated at bankers? Do you want to track the national debt? There's an iPhone app for that.


Top 10 Wall Street Halloween costumes

Still trying to figure out what to be for Halloween? Here are our top 10 picks.


Is Bernanke just a big hypocrite?

Is Ben Bernanke spending too much taxpayer money on luxury hotels? Neither taxpayers nor lawmakers know about how the Fed spends its money, or even how much it has.


The Fed and its political dilemmas

The Financial Times Thursday focuses in on the political woes of the Federal Reserve, summarizing the situation pretty well. A few points could be amplified, however.


Australian interest rate move missive

Australia became the first G-20 country to raise interest rates. But if many economists and analysts are to be believed, the Aussies have just shot themselves in the foot.


Bachmann asks Bernanke about Acorn, CFPA

Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., attempted to ask Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about proposal for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency and the activist group Acorn.


The bailout generation

A baby born in 2008 will be 15 years old by the time the government is able to 'disentangle itself from the financial services sector,' according to a new report.


Fed blows off Geithner's suggestion

The Federal Reserve Board has shot down a Treasury proposal for a public review of the central bank's structure and governance, which likely will only antagonize opponents.


Bouncing cats and bulls

Is the stock market rally a 'dead cat bounce' or the beginnings of a 'secular bull'? Depends on who you ask.


Will Congress trip up the Fed as super-regulator?

A duo of bills that would put the Fed under the authority of the Government Accountability Office are gaining momentum.


Are 'recession's over' famous last words for Ben?

The Fed chairman says the recession is probably over. Those words could come back to haunt him.



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Editor's Note

Editor's letter: Nov. 16, 2009

Beneath the veneer of Wall Streeters beats the same heart, stirred by the same determinants of behavior.



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