Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it's moving closer to slowing its bond-buying ...

As a still-undecided sophomore, Ben S. Bernanke ’75 did what hundreds of Harvard students have done for decades: enroll in Economics 10, the school’s introductory economics course sequence. “I didn’t ...

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke this week.Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images The Federal Reserve should do more to show the public how it is thinking about the economy, former Fed Chair Ben ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga on Wednesday, Feb. 28, prodded Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on looming spending cuts and reforming entitlement programs during a House hearing.

Federal Reserve monetary policy decisions are BORING, but less so when compared to watershed cultural moments like Bob Dylan going electric. That's the key parallel in Bloomberg Businessweek's cover ...

Author of textbooks, scholarly articles and books on a variety of economic issues. Previously served as the director of the Monetary Economics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER ...

Though some may not agree with the central bank’s economic policies, there is no denying that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s tenure will be one for the history books. The Georgia-born ...

Having an individual, a company or a central bank willing to lend to banks is crucial in responding to financial panics,Former chairman of the Federal Reserve and former economics department chair of ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that financial innovation is good for the economy but must be accompanied by proper regulation. New financial products, such as subprime ...

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is "appalled" by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's plan to demote Alexander Hamilton's position on the $10 bill so that a woman may be added. "Say it ain't so, ...

When Anna Schwartz last appeared in these pages, she was pointing her 92-year old finger at former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan for having been largely responsible for the current mess we find ...