ben bernanke

Bernanke dubs AIIB, renminbi push symbolic

The former Fed chair tells China to focus on domestic reform rather than matters of national prestige such as the internationalisation of the renminbi and the launch of the AIIB.
June 02, 2015

Ben Bernanke sounds warning on cybersecurity

The ex-Fed chairman said hackers were near the top of his list of threats to the health of the global financial system and that the US central bank was breached many times.
June 02, 2015

Bernanke and the Asian debt sell-off

Who's afraid of Ben Bernanke? Hints of Fed tapering sparked a sell-off in emerging market bonds, but most of the outflow came from mutual funds.
October 09, 2013

Bernanke borrows from bloggers for QE3

QE1 and QE2 didn’t work, and nor did Zirp or Twist or anything else. Now the Fed chairman is turning to economics blogs for help. Why not?
September 16, 2012

Easy on the easing

America’s second round of so-called quantitative easing will hurt Asian growth, according to our web poll last week.
November 15, 2010