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Fed has too many duties

USA Today - 1 hour 47 minutes ago

New entities should focus on bank regulation, consumer protections.

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Washington Calendar: Washington events for Dec. 7 - 11
Market Watch - Fri Dec 4, 5:40 pm ET
A look at the top economic data and news events out of Washington in the coming week.
Rehire Bernanke
Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 7:08 pm ET
Regulation: When Fed chief Ben Bernanke sat before the Senate on Thursday, he was blamed for everything but the Afghan War. Truth is, Bernanke may have kept the U.S. from falling into a Depression.
Ben Bernanke claims tools, will to reel in stimulus
Deseret News - Thu Dec 3, 11:15 am ET
Making a case for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he has the tools and the...
Week Ahead: Retail in the Spotlight
Fox News - Fri Dec 4, 5:05 pm ET
Retailers will get a lot of attention next week as the holiday shopping season heats up.
Why the Fed loves inflation
MSN Money - Fri Dec 4, 7:17 pm ET
Chairman Ben Bernanke has some radical ideas about pumping money into the economy to keep prices up. This is no way to kick an economy when it's down.
Key Dems back Ben Bernanke for second term as Fed chairman
The Hill - Thu Dec 3, 10:52 am ET
Sen. Chris Dodd on Thursday strongly backed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s nomination for a second term. Read more...
Job Summit Takes On Unemployment, Baking Bread
Time Magazine - Thu Dec 3, 5:54 pm ET
Up on Capitol Hill Thursday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke painted yet another grim picture for the future of work in America
Lakshman Achuthan: Analysis: Good News on Jobs, But Will it Last?
The Huffington Post - Fri Dec 4, 6:14 pm ET
The "great moderation" of business cycles once extolled by many economists, Ben Bernanke, is history. The trend rate of growth is shriveling. In other words, business cycles are back with a vengeance.
The Congressional Black Caucus Attacks President Barack Obama
Black Voices - Sat Dec 5, 9:16 am ET
Filed under: News , The Economy It seems that the Congressional Black Caucus has a bone to pick with President Barack Obama. The 43-member group recently agreed to boycott a vote on a financial overhaul measure as a sign of protest toward the Obama Administration. The bill easily passed, but Rep. Maxine Waters made it clear that the caucus could cause trouble for future Democratic bills by ...
Why Congress is Furious at the Federal Reserve
Time Magazine - Fri Dec 4, 4:10 am ET
On the other side of Capitol Hill, Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd is pushing reforms that would strip the Fed of its power to regulate banks.
Congress grills Bernanke, but second term likely
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 4:56 pm ET
Senators took aim Thursday at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, linking him to rising unemployment, regulatory lapses that led to the financial crisis and the corporate bailouts that followed.
Biographical details of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 12:04 am ET
NAME -- Ben Bernanke. AGE-BIRTH DATE -- 55; Dec. 13, 1953, in Augusta, Ga. EDUCATION -- B.A. in economics, 1975, Harvard University; Ph.D. in economics, 1979, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Recovery picking up, Fed survey says
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Sat Dec 5, 4:11 am ET
The economic recovery gained traction in late fall as shoppers spent a bit more and factories bumped up production. That assessment Wednesday by the Federal Reserve marked its most upbeat view since the economy tumbled into recession two years ago.
Euro rises to $1.5050 in European morning trade
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Sat Dec 5, 4:08 am ET
The euro rose against the dollar Tuesday as investors weighed the Bank of Japan's decision to provide markets with more liquidity and looked forward to other central bank events later in the week.
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Washington Post - Fri Dec 4, 2:52 am ET
Obama vows to tackle jobs challenge head-on WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged corporate America on Thursday to help tackle the nation's highest unemployment in 26 years but also hinted at federal tax credits and aid to states to ease jobless woes. "There's no question that it is...