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Reflections on economics, finance, and policy by the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, now Brookings Distinguished Fellow in Residence.

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke responds to a reporter the question-and-answer portion of the press conference on September 18, 2013. The event followed the September 17-18 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

U.S. Economy The new tools of monetary policy

January 4, 2020

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as a TV screen shows the Fed Rate hike in New York City, U.S. June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC19075F08F0

U.S. Economy Evaluating lower-for-longer policies: Temporary price-level targeting

Ben S. Bernanke

February 21, 2019

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 4, 2011. Investors fled Wall Street in the worst stock-market selloff since the depths of the Great Recession in early 2009 in what has turned into a full-fledged correction. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E7850E2U01

U.S. Economy The housing bubble, the credit crunch, and the Great Recession: A reply to Paul Krugman

Ben S. Bernanke

September 21, 2018

A board at the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing numbers, October 19, 2007. Caterpillar Inc.'s warning that the housing slump was infecting the wider economy sent U.S. stocks tumbling by the most in more than two months, in a drop that was made more unnerving as it marked the 20th anniversary of the 1987 market crash. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES) - GM1DWKHAATAA

Federal Reserve Financial panic and credit disruptions in the 2007-09 crisis

Ben S. Bernanke

September 13, 2018

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