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    • Saturday, 5 November, 2022
      On Wall StreetBrendan Greeley
      It’s still Ben Bernanke and Milton Friedman’s Fed

      Central bank policymakers do not seem to want to find new tools that work

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Uncertainty delays investment. If only the UK government grasped this

      When everything is in flux, businesses will often choose to watch and wait

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      Global Economy
      Fixing bank runs (sort of) wins the Nobel prize

      Have we really figured this out though?

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      Instant InsightMartin Sandbu
      A Nobel for an economic model with real world application

      Bernanke, Diamond and Dybvig have taught lessons about bank runs that have been absorbed since the financial crisis

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      Nobel prizes
      Ex-Fed chair Bernanke wins Nobel economics prize for work on banks

      Former chief of US central bank shares award with two other economists for research into financial crises

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      A matter of interest — the battle over monetary policy

      Former Fed chair Ben Bernanke and historian Edward Chancellor offer conflicting perspectives on the crisis in central banking

    • Friday, 20 March, 2020
      FT CollectionsBritain’s path on coronavirus
      Coronavirus: the moment for helicopter money

      Economic taboos are being broken to finance the huge government deficits needed to fight the crisis

    • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      The Federal Reserve must reduce long-term damage from coronavirus

      Reviving crisis-era programmes is a first step but the central bank may need to buy corporate bonds

    • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
      Brexit
      Bell tolls for Johnson’s Big Ben bong Brexit plan

      Commons authorities rule out use of public donations for January 31 event

    • Monday, 30 December, 2019
      News in-depthMarkets
      Aftershocks and fragility: 10 years in financial markets

      How the crisis of 2008 continued to reverberate through the following decade

    • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
      Markets InsightCentral banks
      Central bankers need political savvy more than ever

      Controversy is unavoidable when banks make dramatic but necessary interventions

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
      ReviewEconomics books
      Firefighting — Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson reflect on the financial crisis

      Top policymakers look back on lessons learnt and mistakes made during 2008 meltdown

    • Friday, 1 March, 2019
      David McWilliams
      Quantitative easing was the father of millennial socialism

      Federal Reserve’s bid to stave off depression sowed the seeds of a generational revolt

    • Friday, 11 January, 2019
      Federal Reserve
      Powell backed slowdown in Fed bond-buying in 2013

      Transcripts from central bank meetings showed vigorous debate ahead of ‘taper tantrum’

    • Wednesday, 19 September, 2018
      Global Economy
      Trump to nominate former Fed economist Nellie Liang to board

      Candidate with background in financial stability chosen as attention is paid to potential hazards 

    • Friday, 14 September, 2018
      Central bank intervention
      Yellen says Fed needs new approach to forward guidance

      Central bank’s former chair outlines preferred tools for countering next downturn

    • Thursday, 13 September, 2018
      Central bank intervention
      Ben Bernanke pins blame for Great Recession on bank panic

      Wall Street meltdown was a bigger factor than US housing bust, ex-Fed chairman says

    • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
      US financial regulation
      Former US regulators defend financial crisis actions

      Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson admit case for bank bailouts failed to sway the public

    • Thursday, 6 September, 2018
      Scott Freidheim
      Lehman insider: why the bank could and should have been saved

      The bank’s former chief administrative officer considers the argument for a bailout

    • Monday, 6 August, 2018
      Lawrence Summers
      Trump claims credit he is not due on the economy

      Growth has exceeded expectations outside the US rather than within it

    • Thursday, 19 July, 2018
      Gillian Tett
      European banks still have post-crisis repairs to do

      Former US policymakers say their counterparts did not do enough to stop the rot

    • Wednesday, 18 July, 2018
      The FT ViewGlobal Economy
      US Federal Reserve’s steady tightening may be taking it too far

      The US central bank must be prepared to halt or reverse rate rises

    • Wednesday, 18 July, 2018
      Global Economy
      Bernanke warns against reading wrong yield curve signal

      Distortions mean an inversion does not necessarily point to recession, says former Fed chief

    • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
      FT AlphavilleMatthew C Klein
      The virtues and pitfalls of putting capital gains into the national accounts
    • Friday, 2 March, 2018
      Global Economy
      Plain-speaking Jay Powell dodges the political bear traps

      New Fed chair is setting out his stall as a blunt messenger of US monetary policy

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