Ben Bernanke
Fed contemplates change to forward guidance
Minutes from the FOMC’s July meeting show members were divided over the outlook for the US economy, and on the prospect of tinkering with the Fed’s forward guidance
Opinion: The ECB should not hold back from eurozone bond purchases
There is no danger in the ECB buying large amounts of eurozone government bonds to bolster market confidence – so long as the right conditions are met – says Natixis chief economist Patrick Artus
Getting to grips with monetary policy?
Global co-operation on monetary policy remains out of reach
Bullard says Fed should ape ECB press conference schedule
James Bullard of the St Louis Fed wants to see the Fed chair give a press conference after every meeting of the FOMC - not after alternate meetings, as is the case currently
Fed governor set for Treasury switch
Obama appoints Fed's Sarah Bloom Raskin as deputy secretary at the Treasury; former long-serving Fed economist Karen Dynan will also join Treasury as assistant secretary for economic policy
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Let the Fed lead
Implicit coordination of monetary policies under Fed leadership is better than none at all
Bernanke dismisses talk of tightening
The Federal Reserve will continue to support the economy ‘for the foreseeable future’ regardless of when it slows the pace of asset purchases
Bernanke: Past century shows ‘central banking doctrine and practice are never static'
Fed chief added recent crisis has underscored the need to strengthen and better integrate US monetary policy and financial stability frameworks
Fed minutes reveal split over tapering as ‘dovish' Bernanke calms markets
Records released on Wednesday show ‘several' FOMC members want to end asset purchases before year's end; In Q&A, Bernanke maintains ‘overall thrust of policy is highly accommodative'
Top Fed officials speak out to calm markets
Two Federal Reserve governors and the New York Fed president emphasise a change in monetary policy will be driven by data, not the date; further easing remains a possibility
Caruana backs Bernanke taper timetable but warns banks to prepare for volatility
BIS general manager says Fed chairman Ben Bernanke was right to signal a tightening of monetary policy but warns stress tests will be needed to prepare banks for an increase in volatility
King defends Bernanke over communication of Fed policy
Bank of England's Mervyn King says Fed chairman Ben Bernanke could ‘hardly have been clearer’ over future of monetary policy; vents his frustration at slow pace of economic reforms
Bernanke plays down Jackson Hole importance
Kansas Fed's renowned symposium is a conference sponsored by just ‘one of the 12 reserve banks' says Bernanke, who declined to comment on his future following FOMC meeting
Fischer gives high marks to Bernanke and Draghi
Outgoing Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer believes the world owes a great debt to Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and praises ECB president Mario Draghi; says Israel can live with side effects of QE
Bank of Israel’s outgoing chief, Stanley Fischer, on the challenges of central banking
Stanley Fischer believes his work as governor of the Bank of Israel is done. He tells Chris Jeffery about the reform process in Israel as well as the challenges facing the world economy and the IMF
Bank of Japan ¥2tn intervention fails to halt Nikkei slump
BoJ moves to calm bond volatility as Bernanke comments and China data spook Japanese markets
Fed minutes hint at end to era of expansion
A number of participants would like to adjust asset purchases downwards as early as next month, pending positive economic data
Bernanke remains dovish in face of stability threats
Fed chairman says low interest rates are providing significant benefits to growth and heading off ‘incipient’ deflationary pressures; hints QE could be reduced soon, but only if data allow
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Watch what central bankers do, not what they say
Recent speeches by Ben Bernanke and Mark Carney signal a new phase in the development of central bank rhetoric. The big question is whether they preface a change in policy
Bernanke outlines Fed's ‘intensified' monitoring of financial system
Focus is on Sifis, shadow banking, asset markets, and the non-financial sector, according to the chairman of the Federal Reserve
Central banks adopting social media at different paces, finds CBJ study
A new Central Banking journal study shows that institutions around the world are adopting very different approaches in their deployment of social media techniques
Booknotes: The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis
This volume is based on the transcripts of four lectures from a series delivered by the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board at George Washington University in the spring of 2012
Barnier takes Bernanke to task over foreign bank rules
Letter from European commissioner to Fed chief says proposed rules for foreign banks put global efforts at regulatory harmony in jeopardy and could spark ‘protectionist reaction’
Bernanke says Fed stress tests were a ‘critical turning point’ in crisis
Fed chair says stress tests offer macro-prudential dimension to supervision; US banks have more tier 1 common equity under a severe stress scenario than they did in reality in 2008