Ben Bernanke is a former Federal Reserve chair, serving from 2006 to 2014. As Fed chair, Bernanke oversaw the central bank's response to the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession.

Ben Bernanke on COVID-19 downturn: “With help from the Federal Reserve and from the Treasury, I’m not really expecting a major financial crisis.” ...

Former Federal Reserve Chairs Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke, along with several other academics, market participants and ...

Easing tensions in the Middle East, particularly between Israel and Iran, have led to a drop in oil prices, potentially ...

Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in 2012, when he was still chairman of the Federal Reserve. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) By Michael Hiltzik. Business Columnist Follow.

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who steered the central bank during the Great Recession, argued in a newly released paper that the Fed still has more work to do to bring inflation down.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers remarks after receiving the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government, during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in 2017. He ...

Most Americans, understandably, know Ben Bernanke as the person who was head of the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis of 2007-2009 (aka the Great Recession), and who took extraordinary ...

Ben Bernanke is proving again this morning that he's the market's Johnny Cash.This man knows how to walk a line. The Federal Reserve chairman has certainly helped Wall Street rake in plenty of ...