Ben S. Bernanke last night ventured to a place few Federal Reserve chairmen have gone before: In front of TV cameras, for an interview. The last time a sitting chairman of the secretive central bank ...

Bernanke made a speech this morning to other central bankers, economists and journalists at an annual forum in Jackson Hole. There were a number of key phrases Fed watchers were expecting to hear and, ...

Ben Bernanke’s comments about the recession and his reasons for believing that the economy has hit bottom could have been a mimeograph of a dozen other speeches made by Fed chairmen testifying before ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke came unusually close to guaranteeing interest rate cuts Thursday. In a speech about the housing market, he said the Fed stands ready to act to support economic ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, yet again, publicly called for spending (ADDING: deficit spending, I ...

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been praised for averting another Great Depression and accused of acting too late to prevent the financial crisis. But most agree that many of ...

President Obama phoned Senate allies Saturday as two key senators predicted that embattled Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be confirmed for a second term. Mr. Obama made calls from the ...

Stephen Spruiell is a staff writer for National Review, where he covers politics, policy and economics. Unlike most of the fights in Washington these days, the unexpected trouble over Fed Chairman Ben ...