Posts Tagged ‘Ben Bernanke’

Bernanke Putting America in a (Jackson) Hole

Aug 26, 2011 No Comments

This morning, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a key speech on the health of the U.S. economy in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Putting aside his laughable understatement of,“…it is clear that the recovery from the crisis has been much less robust than we had hoped,” Bernanke did make one important point in his talk. Bernanke was [...]

Is gold money? Bernanke and Ron Paul debate

Jul 14, 2011 1 Comment

If you haven’t seen what took place today, spend a few minutes and see the exchange between Congressman Ron Paul and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Gold closed at $1600/ounce yesterday, so people, at a minimum, value it more than money. Now we have talks by the FED of another round of Quantatitive Easing (QE3). In [...]