Caixin | The 2008 global financial crisis thrust Ben Bernanke into the spotlight as his every move drew unprecedented attention, scrutiny continued until he stepped down as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve in 2014.
On the day that his book “Courage to Act” was released, on Monday, October 5, 2015, he wrote an op-ed at the WSJ “modestly” titled How the Fed Saved the Economy?.The central bank did its job. What about everyone else?
May 8, 2015 | By Benjamin Cole via Marcus Nunes‘ Historinhas | I have plugged for QE-offset or -financed tax cuts for a long time. I did not know that former Fed Chairman and now multi-millionaire consultant Ben Bernanke also explicitly believed in the same thing.
SAO PAULO | April 15, 2015 | By Marcus Nunes | After a four-part series on low interest rates (GSG & SS), a detour on monetary policy and financial stability, Bernanke has two-part series series on Germany’s trade surplus and wages.
THE CORNER’S FRIDAY WRAP-UP | Buffet says that only Bernanke should take the Fed’s seat and Janet Yallen seems to be the best positioned candidate. But what if this is all a Fed’s manoeuvre?
BARCELONA | By CaixaBank research team | As Bernanke’s words are digested, it is inevitable that questions come up regarding whether this sequence is correct or, on the other hand, the Federal Reserve’s actions are untimely.
