WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top central bankers present and past on Wednesday joined forces against a plan to strip the Fed of its oversight of smaller banks, saying the knowledge it gains from that role is vital to monetary policy. U.S. Federal Reserve ...
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke called for his central bank to keep broad regulatory powers Wednesday, amid a fierce debate about how to police Wall Street. Bernanke told a US congressional committee that the Fed was best-placed to monitor much of the ...
Bernanke tells Congress: Don't scale back Fed banking supervision Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday urged Congress not to scale back the Fed's regulatory authority over banks. He said the Fed needs the information it gleans from its bank oversight to ...
WASHINGTON - MARCH 17: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 17, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is examining the link between Federal Reserve supervision and monetary Policy. (Photo ...
Summary Box: Bernanke wants Fed to retain all banking oversight MAKING THE CASE: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged Congress to let the Fed keep all of its banking supervision. He argued that information gleaned from that process helps the Fed guide ...
FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bernanke on Wednesday, March 17 will make the case to Congress on that the Fed should retain supervision of smaller banks. (AP ...
Bernanke to tell Congress: Don't scale back Fed banking supervision Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will make the case to Congress on Wednesday that the Fed should retain supervision of smaller banks. In testimony prepared for a House hearing and obtained by ...
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are ...
Fed policymakers to debate how and when to signal that higher interest rates are on the way Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates. ...
US President Barack Obama is strongly considering three candidates to fill vacancies at the Federal Reserve board, the White House said as he moves to revamp the central bank. San Francisco regional central bank chief Janet Yellen, a policy dove, is a ...
