Commentary: Managing money policy with public finances on an unsustainable path will put Kevin Warsh in an unenviable ...

The Fed’s monetization of mortgages, which has massively distorted the housing market, should in my opinion be zero, as it ...

The indispensable Greg Ip, in today’s W$J, tries to explain what makes the Bernanke approach different from the Greenspan one: The Fed historically has had two ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified on Wednesday before the House Budget Committee. His testimony, which included a warning that "the federal budget appears to be on an unsustainable path, ...

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 ...

President Obama phoned Senate allies Saturday as two key senators predicted that embattled Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be confirmed for a second term. Mr. Obama made calls from the ...

A number of leading economists, including advisers to past U.S. presidents, have coalesced around the view that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to broaden tariffs, cut taxes and curb immigration ...

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 ...

There’s “a massive fiscal cliff” in our future, Ben Bernanke told the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. To anyone accustomed to breathless congressional debate, this metaphorical ...

As we covered before, Ben Bernanke has been winning the long battle with public perception over his handling of the financial crisis. This morning, President Obama will announce the Fed chairman's ...