Ben Bernanke
Ben Bernanke
Ben Shalom Bernankeis an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served two terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014. During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the late-2000s financial crisis. Before becoming Federal Reserve chairman, Bernanke was a tenured professor at Princeton University and chaired the department of economics there from 1996 to September 2002, when he went on public service leave...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 December 1953
CityAugusta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
We must ensure that the funds we commit are spent wisely and with careful oversight.
Our financial system is so complicated and so interactive - so many different markets in different countries and so many sets of rules.
Our understanding of the best practice in monetary policy evolved during Alan Greenspan's tenure at the Fed, and it will continue to evolve in the future,
Our assessment currently is that the risks to inflation are perhaps the more significant at the moment, and we need to address that.
Roger made invaluable contributions to the Federal Reserve and to the country.
Rents should begin to decelerate as the demand for owner-occupied housing stabilizes and the supply of rental units increases.
Remember that physical beauty is evolution's way of assuring us that the other person doesn't have too many intestinal parasites.
Reconstruction is going to add jobs and growth to the economy,
He lived with us for 24 years, ... He studied with us.
has set the standard for excellence in economic policy-making.
There is enormous demand for dollar denominated assets so I don't expect that this demand would drop precipitously.
Our mission as set forth by the Congress is a critical one.
Some influential voices of the time argued that by accepting higher inflation, policy-makers could bring about a permanently lower rate of unemployment.
My proposal that Fed governors should signal their commitment to public service by wearing Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda shorts has so far gone unheeded.