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baselinescenario.com - 8/25/2009
Which Bernanke? Whose Bubble?
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Ben Bernanke will be nominated for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. But which Bernanke are we getting? There are at least three. The Bernanke who led the charge to rescue the US (and world’s) financial system after the Lehman-AIG collapse. If you accept that the ...
Obama to Reappoint Bernanke as Fed Chief
online.wsj.com - 8/25/2009
Obama to Reappoint Bernanke as Fed Chief
— online.wsj.com — Associated Press Mr. Bernanke testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill in Sept. 2008.... (more) Obama to Reappoint Bernanke as Fed Chief

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ft.com - 8/25/2009
FT.com / Comment / Opinion - The case against Bernanke
— ft.com — Barack Obama has rendered one of his most important post-crisis verdicts: Ben Bernanke will be nominated for... a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. This is a very shortsighted decision. While America’s head central banker deserves credit ... (more) FT.com / Comment / Opinion - The case against Bernanke

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Economists React: Bernanke Reappointment Is ‘Good News’ - Real Time Economics
blogs.wsj.com - 8/25/2009
Economists React: Bernanke Reappointment Is ‘Good News’ - Real Time Economics
— blogs.wsj.com — While I have had serious differences with the Federal Reserve over the past few years, I think... reappointing Chairman Bernanke is probably the right choice. Chairman Bernanke was too slow to act during the early stages of the foreclosure crisis, but he ... (more) Economists React: Bernanke Reappointment Is ‘Good ...

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Tuesday links: risk appetites
Abnormal Returns — ... (Dealscape) “Cerberus’s success, and the problems it now faces, mirror the alternative-investment bubble over the past decade–and the air that has since come out of it.”  (Deal Journal) Obama reappoints Fed chairman Bernanke.  (WSJ, WashingtonPost, NYTimes) Which Ben Bernanke is going to show up?  (Baseline Scenario, Clusterstock, 24/7 Wall ...

Miscellany from Stockholm
Conglomerate — ... Simon Johnson is still great reading, and on the re-appointment of Bernanke, he's taking up a new and interesting role - he's becoming a bear, when many of his ilk are abandoning the field to the bulls. ...

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