Ben Bernanke News

In his six years as Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke has sometimes proved too sanguine about the U.S. economy, declaring the impact of bad subprime mortgages on the financial markets "contained" in 2007 and being too optimistic about growth last year.

The market for U.S. Treasuries is embracing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's view that signs of improving growth mask threats to the nation's economy, keeping inflation in check.

About 12.8 million people are out of work and what's especially troubling, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, is the large number of long-term unemployed - more than 40 percent have been jobless more than six months.

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Despite a mediocre earnings season and signs of an overbought market, Wall Street bulls are likely to remain in control this week.

The Federal Reserve is making it increasingly hard for investors to earn anything, unless they're willing to accept plenty of risk.

John Browne, a financial analyst and former member of Britain's Parliament, is a financial and political columnist for the Trib.

If you like street theater, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's most recent appearances before Congress furnished plenty of it.

On Thursday of this week government officials and five large U.S. banks came to a 25 billion dollar settlement over alleged abuse foreclosure practices.

Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.

The U.S. trade deficit widened for the second straight month in December, pushed higher by rising oil prices and imports of cars and planes, official data revealed Friday.

Stocks are soaring this year. Everywhere. And if you think the rally has been big in the U.S., just check out emerging markets.

US stocks closed lower Friday as uncertainties about the Greek debt crisis and poor economic data weighed the market.

I can pretty much say without question that Americans are insane . Either that or we have the attention span of a goldfish.

Concern about the future of debt stricken Greece weighed on stocks Friday. There were clashes in the streets of Athens and the prime minister warned default would lead to chaos.

Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke says people are spending less because they are stuck in "underwater" homes, which are worth less than what is owed on the mortgage.

Lingering problems in the housing market continue to restrain America's economic recovery and limit the effectiveness of Federal Reserve policies, Ben Bernanke said Friday.

One of the goals of Operation Twist, which was implemented in October, was to push investors out of Treasurys and into riskier assets such as stocks.

There is a debate that has been heating up recently, and it's likely to continue to split some of the smartest minds from coast to coast.

President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival "built on American manufacturing." But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it.