Articles

Viewpoint: Ben Bernanke, Enabler of America’s Fiscal Dysfunction
By trying to compensate for poor fiscal policies, the Fed is making it easier for the President and Congress to evade their responsibilities.

Battle of the Heavy-Hitter Economists: Krugman and Bernanke Slug It Out Fed Policy
The lackluster U.S. economic recovery has fueled an unusually public argument between two of the most prominent economists in the country: Nobel prize-winning...

Bernanke: Fed Prevented ‘Meltdown’ But Was ‘Helpless’ to Save Lehman
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that U.S. government intervention during the financial crisis prevented a “total meltdown” in the U.S. economy...

Bernanke’s Speech Has the Market Buzzing with QE3 Hopes
The U.S. economy needs to grow faster to maintain job market momentum, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a speech Monday; as a result, the Fed will...
Ben Bernanke Bites Back
Last week I drew attention to a Bloomberg analysis of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act that said that if you "add up guarantees and...
Photo Essays

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bernanke
The 56-year-old chairman of the Fed is TIME's 2009 Person of the YearPhotographs by Dan Winters for TIME

Bernanke's Life in Photos
The nerd from Dillon, South Carolina rises to the most powerful job in American banking


