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10-year Treasury yield climbs as investors await economic data, clues on monetary policy

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note climbed on Tuesday as investors awaited fresh economic data and further clues on the path of monetary policy.

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21 hours ago

Canceling student debt would be 'very unfair' and favor those who make 'lots of money in their lifetime,' former Fed Chair Bernanke says

Ben Bernanke, who served as Fed chair from 2006-2014, told the NYT canceling student debt would favor the rich over those "who didn't go to college."

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22 hours ago

Bernanke: Fed’s slow response to inflation was ‘mistake’

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank made a “mistake” by responding too slowly to surging inflation. In a Monday interview with CNBC, Bernanke said the Fed should have started the process of hiking interest rates sooner than it did as inflation began to rise last year and the Biden administration pumped…

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Bernanke says the Fed's slow response to inflation 'was a mistake'

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank erred in waiting to address the inflation problem.

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The World Economy Can Get By Surprisingly Well With $129 Crude

We can ride out this turmoil, but only if policy makers sit back and wait for the market to rebalance.

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Question for Fed: Has it waited too long to fight inflation?

With inflation surging, unemployment falling and wages rising, some economists are warning that the Federal Reserve may have waited too long to reverse its ultra-low-rate policies — a delay that could put the economy at heightened risk.

Wall Street balks as Fed signals party's ending, but is it?

Wall Street is worried about the Federal Reserve pulling back its massive support for financial markets.

The Progressive Case Against Jerome Powell Is Weak

It’s wrong to see the Federal Reserve as primarily a bank regulator.

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Fed's Powell: There's no returning to pre-pandemic economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy has been permanently changed by the COVID pandemic and it's important that the central bank adapt to those changes.

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Delicate task for Fed: When to pull back on low-rate support

The Federal Reserve is poised this week to discuss when it will take its first steps toward dialing back its ultra-low interest rate policies.

Fed leaders agree: Economics has a racial-disparity problem

Top Federal Reserve policymakers underscored their concern that Black and Hispanic people are sharply underrepresented in the economics field, which lessens the perspectives that economists can bring to key policy issues.

The only reason to be bearish is there’s no reason to be bearish, Bank of America says

The Charging Bull near Wall Street is pictured in New York. Investors are so optimistic about the market that they are dumping cash to take part in the latest run to record levels, a widely watched Bank of America survey showed. "The only reason to be bearish is … there is no reason to be bearish," Bank of America Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note to clients. Bank of America surveyed 225 mutual fund, hedge fund and pension fund managers with $645 billion under management. Fund managers' allocation to cash is down to 3.8%, the lowest since March 2013, just before the "taper tantrum" era under former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

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Draghi brings market savvy, gravitas to tame Italy's crises

FILE - In this Thursday, July 4, 2013 file photo, President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi smiles during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Because it is Mario Draghi,’’ the deputy manager of the leading Milan Daily Corriere della Sera, Daniele Manca, said on Wednesday. He took a pragmatic approach during the financial crisis. Draghi joined the ECB as its third chief in 2011, just as Italy was engulfed in a debt crisis. The largely ceremonial role proves key in helping manage Italy’s all-too-frequent political crises, which require deft negotiations and unassailable knowledge of Italy’s constitution and institutions.

Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary

President-elect Joe Biden, right, listens as Janet Yellen, who Biden nominated to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON – The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th treasury secretary, making her the first woman to hold the job in the department's 232-year history. Yellen, a former chair of the Federal Reserve, was approved by the Senate on a 84-15 vote, becoming the third member of Biden’s Cabinet to win confirmation. Before the approval by the full Senate, Yellen had received unanimous backing from the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told Yellen that Biden’s plan represented a “laundry list of liberal structural economic reforms.”As Treasury secretary, Yellen, 74, will occupy a pivotal role in shaping and directing Biden’s economic policies.

Powell signals Fed will keep aiding economy with bond buying

Powell also stressed that the Fed probably won't raise its rate until inflation has topped 2% for some time. The speculation was fueled by comments from several regional Fed bank presidents, including Raphael Bostic of the Atlanta Fed and Robert Kaplan of Dallas. Bostic said last week that he was “hopeful that in fairly short order we can start to recalibrate” the bond purchases. And Lael Brainard, another governor, said Wednesday that the current level of bond buying “will remain appropriate for quite some time.”Some regional Fed bank presidents have signaled that any reduction in bond purchases is probably a long way off. Still, Powell also said he was quite optimistic that the economy would rebound later this year, once COVID-19 vaccines are widely distributed.

Biden expected to tap Janet Yellen for Treasury Department

WASHINGTON – Janet Yellen is in line for another top economic policy job — just in time to confront yet another crisis. She became Fed chair in 2014 when the economy was still recovering from the devastating Great Recession. If confirmed, Yellen would become the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in its nearly 232 years. “I have never met anyone who has worked for or with Janet who has an unkind word to say about her," said Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist. After leaving the Fed, Yellen became a distinguished fellow in residence at the liberal Brookings Institution in Washington, signaling her continuing interest in financial policymaking.

Biden says he's decided on treasury secretary nomination

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday that he has decided whom to nominate as his secretary of the Treasury Department. Either would be the first woman to serve as treasury secretary. Both Bostic and Ferguson are Black, and either would be the first Black treasury secretary. Brainard also advised President Bill Clinton and was floated as a potential treasury secretary if Hillary Clinton had won the 2016 election. He says, “They all acknowledge this is going to take a massive education campaign.”Biden’s treasury secretary would lead his economic team as many businesses and Americans struggle while the pandemic continues.

Former Fed officials urge more efforts to bolster economy

Congress, which has already provided more than $3 trillion in support, is scheduled to begin negotiations next week on further support. Yellen and Bernanke, in a joint statement to a House Oversight subcommittee, said that the new measure should provide substantial support to state and local governments. Federal support should be substantial and without overly restrictive conditions on the aid, Yellen and Bernanke said in their statement. The two former Fed officials also urged Congress to provide increased support for medical research into the virus and for more testing, contact tracing and protective equipment as well as other needed hospital supplies. And they said the Fed could change some of its emergency lending programs to boost their use.

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Bernanke says Fed chief Powell 'got ahead of this,' and 'going big' was right thing to do

Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told CNBC on Wednesday the central bank has acted with appropriate force to help the U.S. economy get ahead of the coronavirus and set the stage for a strong rebound once the disease abates. "I think the Fed has been extremely proactive and Jay Powell and his team have been working really hard and got ahead of this," he said. Financial markets have been under acute strain in recent weeks and have posted one of the largest sell-offs in modern times. The spike in volatility and steep equity losses have in turn forced the Federal Reserve to embark on a massive, trillion-dollar easing program to help ease stressed credit markets. The central bank announced Monday it will purchase corporate bonds and not just U.S. Treasurys, providing unprecedented support for investment-grade corporate debt.

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Here's what happened to the stock market on Wednesday

The S&P 500 climbed 1.15% to 2,475.56. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.45% to 7,384.30 The S&P 500 strung its first consecutive gains since mid-February. Stocks jumped after the White House and Senate lawmakers struck a deal on a massive stimulus bill aimed a mitigating the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic. But stocks came off their highs after Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont threatened to hold up the bill, addressing what he called a "$500 billion corporate welfare fund." Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the U.S. economy will experience a quick rebound after a "very sharp" recession, lifting investor sentiment.

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Bernanke: Coronavirus disruptions 'much closer to a major snowstorm' than the Great Depression

Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chairman who served before and after the 2008 financial crisis, told CNBC on Wednesday the coronavirus economic halt is more like a "major snowstorm" than an economic depression. "This is a very different animal than the Great Depression," Bernanke stressed. "It's really much closer to a major snowstorm or a natural disaster than it is to a classic 1930s-style depression." Bernanke's comments echoed what current St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said earlier on "Squawk Box." Bernanke said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and his team have been "extremely proactive" and "working really hard and got ahead of this."

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Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke sees 'very sharp' recession, followed by 'fairly quick' rebound

During the financial crisis that exploded in 2008, Bernanke guided the Fed through its efforts to save the economy. He was the first central bank chairman to pull its benchmark interest rate down to near zero, and the Bernanke Fed implemented a slew of programs that have been resurrected to deal with the current crisis. While he guided the Fed through the financial crisis and accompanying Great Recession and is recognized authority on the Great Depression, he said the current situation bears only minor resemblance to those two periods. Monetary and fiscal policy can do their thing and we won't have anything like the extended downturn we saw even, I don't think, in the Great Recession, much less the Great Depression of the '30s." He praised the work being done by Chairman Jerome Powell and the rest of the current Fed.

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CNBC's full interview with former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on coronavirus impact

CNBC's full interview with former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on coronavirus impactBen Bernanke, Brookings Institution's distinguished fellow and former Federal Reserve chairman, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ben Bernanke says the Fed shouldn't rule out using negative interest rates

The Federal Reserve should consider negative interest rates as a potential weapon to fight future economic downturns, former central bank Chairman Ben Bernanke said. In a blog post released over the weekend, Bernanke cited the benefits of at least keeping the option alive to take short-term rates below zero. "The Fed should also consider maintaining constructive ambiguity about the future use of negative short-term rates," Bernanke said in a post released in conjunction with a presentation at the American Economic Association conference in San Diego. Negative rates, he said, have been used to positive effect elsewhere in the world. In Europe, rates across the spectrum went below zero earlier this year, with about $11 trillion of sovereign debt still possessing negative yields.

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Former Fed chairs Volcker, Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen call for independent central bank

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen (L to R) and former Federal Reserve chairs Ben Bernanke and Paul Volcker appear together for the first time in New York, April 7, 2016. The panel is geared toward millennials and focused on decision-making with international implications. The previous four heads of the Federal Reserve called for an independent central bank in the face of repeated attacks by President Donald Trump in an extraordinary joint commentary for the Wall Street Journal. "We are united in the conviction that the Fed and its chair must be permitted to act independently and in the best interests of the economy, free of short-term political pressures and, in particular, without the threat of removal or demotion of Fed leaders for political reasons," stated the piece, signed by Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen. The former leaders of the Fed emphasized that the Fed's powers are appropriately checked by Congress.

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Bernanke on impact of China's slowing growth on U.S.

China’s stock market is trying to recover after its recent meltdown. Norah O’Donnell spoke with the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, who discussed the country with the world’s second largest economy and if it could pose a risk to the U.S. economy. Watch the full report this Sunday, September 27 on “Sunday Morning.”

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Ex-Fed Chair Ben Bernanke no fan of replacing Hamilton on $10 bill

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke says instead of having a woman replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, we should replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. CBSN's Kristine Johnson and Vladimir Duthiers have more.

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Timothy Geithner on working with Paulson, Bernanke

Timothy Geithner on working with Paulson, Bernanke Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke with CBS News contributor Mellody Hobson on his experiences working with Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke during the 2008 financial crisis.

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