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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 6/30/2009
Bernanke is a Total Failure Unsuited for Role as Fed Chairman
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Inquiring minds are reading Bernanke Flubs Tryout, Still Up for Leading Role by Caroline Baum. Most often I agree with Caroline, but not this time. After trashing (and rightfully so) Bernanke's last appearance before Congress, Caroline somehow arrives at the following conclusion. It would be ...
Bernanke Set to Defend Record as Reappointment Debate Begins
bloomberg.com - 6/23/2009
Bernanke Set to Defend Record as Reappointment Debate Begins
— bloomberg.com — June 23 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will defend his unprecedented actions to prevent... a financial collapse as debate on whether he should be reappointed begins. Bernanke, whose term expires Jan. 31, faces lawmakers at a ... (more) Bernanke Set to Defend Record as Reappointment Debate Begins

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online.wsj.com - 6/26/2009
Bernanke Blasted in House
— online.wsj.com — WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced open hostility from lawmakers who barraged him during a... Congressional hearing over his handling of the financial crisis and the central bank's role in reshaping the banking system. Setting ... (more) Bernanke Blasted in House

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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 7/3/2009
Sweden Cuts Deposit Rate to NEGATIVE .25%
— globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com — There has been a lot of ludicrous recommendations recently to combat deflation by making deposit rates negative.... I did not think any central bank would be dumb enough to try it. I thought wrong. Today, Riksbank, Sweeden's central bank cut the deposit ... (more) Sweden Cuts Deposit Rate to NEGATIVE .25%

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naked capitalism:  Links 6/30/09

FT Alphaville:  Bitchin’ over Bernanke

Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory:  Bernanke on Bernanke in the Washington Post

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Links 6/30/09
naked capitalism — ... I imagined they all got high before their editorial meetings. So what's Sowell's excuse? Pedestrians, cyclists among main road traffic crash victims World Health Organization (hat tip reader Michael T) Japan: 2.3 Applicants for EVERY Job Opening EconomPic Data FHFA's Lockhart on CNBC Bruce Krasting North Korea, the submerging market bet John Dizard, Financial Times Banks and the financial crisis Linda Beale Bernanke is a Total Failure Unsuited for Role as Fed Chairman Michael Shedlock The ...

Bitchin’ over Bernanke
FT Alphaville — ... to a congressional committee on the Fed’s role in  the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch takeover  - not least, Mike “Mish” Shedlock’s character assassination posted on Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis on Monday. Entitled “Bernanke is a total failure unsuited for role as Fed chairman”, Shedlock takes issue with Bloomberg columnist Caroline Baum’s ...

Bernanke on Bernanke in the Washington Post
Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory — ... he attempts to spread liberally the blame around to other regulators. Bottom line, Professor, many of us do not trust you. Many informed observers who believe in the free market believe that Federal Reserve policy and failed oversight caused much of the hardship extant today. Change that we can believe in doesn't include the current level of opacity, hubris, and incompetence promoting moral hazard and socialization of risk that is the Fed. Need more. Here's MISH on Bernanke. The economist Stephen Roach outlines the Bernanke record. Bill ...

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