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Articles Tagged ‘Ben Bernanke’
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Bernanke’s Report Card: ‘Must Try Harder!’
Ben Mountifield, December 20th, 2011
When Ben Bernanke became Chairman of the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) on 1 February 2006, oil was at $58, it is now $94.80. The S&P 500 was at 1,264, it’s now at 1,205. Gold was at $480 an ounce, it’s now at $1,602. The official unemployment rate in
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Mervyn King Chose To Sacrifice The Currency, Now It’s Bernanke’s Turn To Decide
Ben Mountifield, October 18th, 2011
Sacrifice the currency or sacrifice the economy? That is the choice faced by the head of the US central bank, Ben Bernanke. It’s not a difficult choice really. Bernanke will make the same decision as Bank of England governor Mervyn King, i.e. he will sacrifice the currency. Let’s Assume I’m
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The Markets Have Got it Wrong, Bernanke Won’t Deliver QE3 at Jackson Hole – Expect a Big Selloff
Ben Mountifield, August 25th, 2011
Global stock markets have been rallying on the expectation that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will give a repeat performance at this year’s Jackson Hole meeting and serve up a third round of Quantitative Easing. In my opinion however, markets will be sorely disappointed and his failure to announce QE3
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Will ‘Helicopter Ben’ Live Up To His Name & Deliver More Monetary ‘Shock & Awe’? My Guess Is He Won’t Disappoint
Ben Mountifield, August 18th, 2011
On 21 November 2002 Ben Bernanke made a famous speech in which he made the following statement. “U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply. But the U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows
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Save Us Benny, Save Us! [revisited]
Ben Mountifield, August 5th, 2011
I first wrote the article ‘Save Us Benny, Save Us’ back in April but it’s a good time to revisit it because we are already starting to hear the cries. Original article: This will be the cry to Ben Bernanke as stock markets fall and the world’s economies returns to
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Greek Default: The Real Danger Lies With Derivatives Not Just Total Debt
Ben Mountifield, June 23rd, 2011
Greece’s total debt of €340 billion (£303 billion) is well documented, as is the fact that the nation’s bailout is really a bailout of the European banks that are holding the debt. What’s not well known is that a default could trigger a 2008-style financial meltdown. Investors have been purchasing
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Delusions of a Central Banker: I’m Not To Blame for the Rising Cost Of Living says Bernanke
Steve Wilson, June 10th, 2011
The world’s most influential banker tries (and fails) to convince us that his money printing isn’t what’s causing commodity prices to skyrocket. Transitory US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, gave a speech at the International Monetary Conference on Tuesday during which he did his best to deflect blame away from
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Dollar rides high for forex traders
Leon Watson, February 26th, 2010
WORRIES about the rocky euro and debt in Dubai have sent the US dollar soaring in recent weeks as traders turn to a reliable old friend. The Greenback has been resurgent since the turn of the year and it hit a nine-month high against sterling this week. The dollar has