Dec 10 Watch Robert Shiller on Winning the Nobel Prize in Economics Robert Shiller on Winning the Nobel Prize in Economics… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Obama nominates Yellen to succeed Bernanke as Fed chairman President Obama nominates Janet Yellen to succeed Bernanke as Fed chairman… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch Bernanke: Fed to delay bond tapering Bernanke: Fed to delay bond tapering… Continue watching
Jun 20 Paul Krugman on Ben Bernanke’s ‘Green Shoots’ EmbedVideo(3686, 482, 304); Continuing our profile of economist Paul Krugman, we turn to a topic in the news today: the Federal Reserve. On Monday, remember, we featured Krugman on European austerity, with a response from Jacob… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Bernanke: Fed Was ‘Too Optimistic’ About Recovery Bernanke: Fed Was "Too Optimistic" About Recovery… Continue watching
May 17 Watch Geithner: Again With the Debt-Limit Debate? ‘I Don’t Understand it’ Geithner: Again With the Debt Limit Debate? 'I Don't Understand it'… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Records: Federal Reserve Officials Foresaw, Joked About Housing Bubble in 2006 Newly released transcripts from the Federal Reserve's 2006 meetings reveal the extent of what Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues actually knew as the country was about to hit the cusp of the financial crisis. Ray Suarez discusses the board's… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Fed Faces New Scrutiny for Trillions in Assistance to Banks After Crisis A report published Monday raises new questions about money that the Federal Reserve provided to banks in the wake of the financial crisis. Judy Woodruff discusses the report with Bob Ivry of Bloomberg News. Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Fed’s Rate Freeze Punctuates Day of Wild Market Trading The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it expects to keep its key interest rate near zero for the next two years, where it's been since December 2008. Judy Woodruff discusses how the markets reacted to the announcement with Mesirow Financial's… Continue watching