Ben S. Bernanke

Dr. Ben Shalom Bernanke, of New Jersey, was nominated January 17, 2006, by President George W. Bush to be United States Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund, for the remainder of a five-year term expiring October 4, 2009.

On October 24, 2005, Bernanke, then Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), was appointed by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Bernanke served as a member of the Board of Governors from August 2002 until just prior to his June 21, 2005, swearing-in as CEA chairman. [1]

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Profiles

Bernanke is a "macroeconomist with interests in monetary policy and macroeconomic history." "He received a B.A. in economics in 1975 from Harvard University (summa cum laude) and a Ph.D. in economics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." [2][3]

"Before becoming a member of the Board, Dr. Bernanke was the Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and Chair of the Economics Department at Princeton University (1996-2002). Dr. Bernanke had served as a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton since 1985." [4]

"Dr. Bernanke has published many articles on a wide variety of economic issues, including monetary policy and macroeconomics, and he is the author of several scholarly books and two textbooks. He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Sloan Fellowship, and he is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Bernanke served as the Director of the Monetary Economics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and as a member of the NBER's Business Cycle Dating Committee. Dr. Bernanke's work with civic and professional groups includes having served two terms as a member of the Montgomery Township (N.J.) Board of Education." [5]

External links

Profiles

• Ben Bernanke, Ph.D., Princeton University Bio.
• Ben Bernanke in the Wikipedia.
• Biography of Dr. Ben S. Bernanke, Council of Economic Advisers.
• News Release: President Appoints Dr. Ben Bernanke for Chairman of the Federal Reserve, The Oval Office, October 24, 2005.
• Profile: Ben S. Bernanke, Washington Post, October 24, 2005.

Interviews

• Interview with Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, June 2004.

By Ben S. Bernanke

• Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke Before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2002: "Deflation: Making Sure 'It' Doesn't Happen Here."
• Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke Before the Economics Roundtable, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, July 23, 2003: "An Unwelcome Fall in Inflation?"

Articles & Commentary

• Matthew Benjamin, "Pitching Curves. Outspoken Ben Bernanke is shaking up the Federal Reserve," US News & World Report, December 29, 2003.
• Paul Krugman, "The Greenspan Succession," New York Times, January 25, 2005.
• John Tamny, "The Scary Side of Ben Bernanke. Bush should look elsewhere when Greenspan steps down," National Review, August 11, 2005.
• Martin Wolk, "Bush nominates Bernanke as next Fed chief. Top White House adviser to succeed Greenspan at central bank," MSNBC, October 24, 2005.
• "Bernanke's the man. President Bush's nominee to succeed Greenspan is expected to be chief economic adviser," CNN/Money, October 24, 2005.
• Tyler Cowen, "Ben Bernanke, economist," Marginal Revolution, October 24, 2005.
• Rich Miller, "Bernanke Gets His Chance," BusinessWeek, October 24, 2005.
• Daniel Gross, "Big Ben. Bernanke's a great choice for Fed chairman, but is he tough enough on inflation?" Slate, October 24, 2005.
• Michael T. Darda, "Bernanke Pros, Cons, and Intangibles. Our next Fed chair may keep us guessing well into next year," National Review, October 24, 2005.
• John Tamny, "Bernankeâ??s Output Gaps. The Fed nominee might be Greenspan II â?? but we could have done better," National Review, October 25, 2005.
• Henry Blodget, "What's in Bernanke's Wallet? A psycho-financial analysis of Fed chair nominee Ben Bernanke," Slate, October 25, 2005.
• "Betting on Ben," Reuters (The Economist), October 27, 2005: "The likely new chairman of Americaâ??s Federal Reserve Board is a first-rate academic. Will he be a similarly good central banker?"
• Paul Krugman, "Bernanke and the Bubble," New York Times (TruthOut), October 28, 2005.