Here’s a political equation that ought to furrow the brows of everybody working to get a second term for President Obama: QE1+QT1=DEFEAT. For those not cursed to be economists, QE1 stands for ...

As a young academic, Bernanke proposed a controversial explanation for high interest rates. As Fed chair, he implemented quantitative easing, lifting the country out of a deep recession. Another round ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended quantitative easing, saying it has helped the economy and shows no immediate sign of creating a bubble in asset prices. "We don't think that financial ...

The New York Times reported last Thursday that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is an advocate of monetary expansion, pumping billions more into the economy, but thinks that it may not be enough without more ...

Discover how helicopter money and QE differ, including their implications on growth and consumer spending, in this concise guide to key economic policies.

Ben Bernanke's second round of quantitative easing (aka QE2), intended to stimulate the economy, is coming under review following a spike in interest rates. Since the goal of QE2 is to boost ...

* Bernanke says Fed prepared to act, but gives few details * Dollar rallies versus yen By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - The dollar rallied on Tuesday after Federal Reserve ...

Is it possible that Ben Bernanke and now, Janet Yellen along with the rest of the Federal Reserve Board got it right? Have they captained us out of the depths of global financial collapse and into a ...