Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke detailed two shortcomings of the central bank’s communication strategy and proposed that the Fed release a relatively brief ‘Economic Review’ once every ...

The Federal Reserve should do more to show the public how it is thinking about the economy, former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said. Over decades, the Fed has gradually moved toward greater transparency, a ...

Noting that unemployment is still too high and inflation too low, Bernanke said, "both sides of our mandate are saying we need to be more accommodative." He spoke about Fed policies in a Q&A ...

Ben Bernanke was the chair of the board of governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. Bernanke took over the helm from Alan Greenspan on Feb. 1, 2006, ending Greenspan's 18-year ...

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for their work on banks and financial crises. The three US ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that financial markets "are beginning to understand" the Fed's plans to pare back its stimulus after initially overreacting.

The dollar is sharply higher following Bernanke’s downbeat assessment of the world’s leading economy having revised growth lower as the economy takes longer to create jobs. The Fed’s ...

Such news was inevitable, but the New York Times reported last week that former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s has retired into a series of highly-paid speaking gigs around the world. This is the ...

Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chair, and the economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded for their influential work on the relationship between banks and economic turmoil.

"Had they found a way I think the world would have had less of a severe crisis." Ironically Bernanke was the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve at the time of Lehman's collapse in 2008, which ...

Why the Fed chairman's own stock picks might not be suiting him best. July 29, 2008 — -- "Good afternoon, Mr. Bernanke. Have a seat, and thanks for coming in today. "I thought it was time we ...

There, in a sentence, is the best summation I can manage of Fed Chair Ben Bernanke's big speech today. For the first time, Bernanke made it clear that he is seriously considering a second round of ...