A somewhat frustrated Ben Bernanke appeared in court Thursday to testify regarding the United States government’s 2008 bailout of American International Group (AIG). Maurice R. Greenberg, AIG’s former chief executive, is suing the government, alleging that the terms of the 2008 … [Read more...]
Will Janet Yellen’s ‘do all I can’ remark mean increased QE
Prior to officially becoming head of the most powerful system in the world, the Federal Reserve, there were numerous warnings that she would not reverse the $10 to $20 billion taper talk and actually increase the central bank’s quantitative easing measures that were put into place by … [Read more...]
Federal Reserve Implements Radical New Policy to Keep Interest Rates Low
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced a radical new policy the Fed will being using. The new policy is getting unprecedented support, but it is so far afield from past policies it may take many off guard. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president Jeffrey Lacker was the only … [Read more...]
Federal Reserve Limits Bank Deals to Avoid Another Bailout
A major problem in 2008 was the fact that we had large banking institutions with big balance sheets and the Federal Reserve response was to save these institutions via taxpayer bailout. This is where the term “too big to fail” comes from. Over four years later, Chairman Ben Bernanke … [Read more...]
