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“The FED”

Feb
7
2010

Ben Bernanke As A Contrary Indicator?


One of Tarblog’s first posts was a brief expose titled “Economists Make Lousy Fortune Tellers .”  The video below, from Youtube, is a montage of Bernanke interviews from CNBC, as well as his testimony before the Senate. I think it’s fair to say that the Fed should now be used as a contrary indicator of economic [...]

Dec
3
2009

Senator DeMint Rips into Bernanke In Renomination Hearing 12/3/09


                                           Senator DeMint asks the Chairman all the right questions.  He then uses the Chairman’s answers as a setup to point the blame for our financial crisis directly on the Government and the FED. Then the Senator takes the Chairman [...]