Sentences with phrase «time for the fed chairman»

It was time for the FED Chairman to make his legislated appearance to Congress and Mr. Bernanke rightly refrained from being dragged into the battle over the budget.

Not exact matches

The FORM Act also calls for an annual GAO audit of the Federal Reserve, doubles the number of times the Fed Chairman testifies before Congress, and makes some other tweaks to the makeup and protocol of the Federal Reserve Board.

The Federal Open Market Committee and the European Central Bank are not only no longer offering a combined stimulus, they are a net drain on liquidity for the first time since stimulus was first introduced by former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell appears before Congress for a second time Thursday, and it's not likely he will change the comments that sent stocks and bonds reeling Tuesday.

Now, though, we've got a new Fed chairman who is, for the first time in decades, not an academic by training.

If the Federal Reserve is notorious for being vague and ambiguous — former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was particularly famous for his use of «Fedspeak» — the central bank has been unequivocally clear about what America needs: a universal real - time payment network.

Hopefully, like Churchill who prepared for WWII many year in advance, the new Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who has studied the depression era extensively, is also well prepared for the worst of times in one or two generations.

This week, Powell presided over a Fed policy meeting for the first time since becoming chairman.

This week, Powell presided over a Fed policy meeting for the first time since becoming chairman.