Bank of England forecasts undermined by out-of-date methods, report finds
Do better: Bernanke gets strict with Bank of England over handling of inflation crisis
July 2023
Ben Bernanke to lead review into Bank of England forecasting errors
Former Fed chair appointed as Bank faces pressure to explain why economic forecasts have been so wide of mark
October 2022
Ben Bernanke wins Nobel economics prize 2022 for work on banks – video
Former Fed chair Ben Bernanke wins Nobel economics prize 2022
May 2019
Project Syndicate economists
Bernanke, Paulson and Geithner: revisiting the 2008 financial crisis
Howard Davies
Three of the key players co-author a book about lessons of the past and make proposals for the future
September 2018
Ten years on, the Fed’s failings on Lehman Brothers are all too clear
Laurence M Ball
The key policymakers have always maintained they had no choice but to let Lehman collapse. That’s simply not true, says author Laurence M Ball
March 2017
Q&A: What will happen if the Federal Reserve raises US interest rates?
Janet Yellen, the Fed chair who has been criticised by Donald Trump, is set to raise rates for third time since financial crash
November 2016
The Audio Long Read
The cult of the expert and how it collapsed - podcast
Led by a class of omnipotent central bankers, experts have gained extraordinary political power. Will a populist backlash shatter their technocratic dream?
January 2016
No global economic crisis yet, but the ingredients are there
The days when one country’s economic woes could be insulated from the wider world have long gone. China’s problems could have a fearsome domino effect
December 2015
Gordon Brown to join investment firm Pimco's global advisory board
Former prime minister joins ex-chairman of US Federal Reserve and an ex-president of European Central Bank on five-strong panel
October 2015
Ben Bernanke says Wall Street executives should have gone to jail
Former Federal Reserve chairman says individuals, in addition to firms, should have been held accountable for the financial crash
June 2015
Ben Bernanke is 'appalled' – leave $10 bill alone and put woman on a $20 bill
The former head of the US Fed argues against Alexander Hamilton losing his spot but says dump Andrew Jackson and make room for a woman
April 2015
Pimco recruits ex-Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke
Bernanke joins bond giant as senior adviser – a move that could renew concerns over his relationship with Pimco during Fed reign
December 2014
US money blog
The Economist leaves Janet Yellen off its list of most influential economists
Mervyn King: reacting to financial crash was ‘exciting’
October 2014
Economics blog
Quantitative easing: giving cash to the public would have been more effective
The impact of quantitative easing was blunted by unconventional monetary policies and conservative fiscal policies
US money blog
The biggest sales job in the US: Obama and Ben Bernanke try to convince America the economy is good
‘There is a lot of revisionism out there,’ the former Fed chair said Wednesday. But as he and others protect their legacy, are they trying to make the economy look better than it is?
US money blog
Ben Bernanke ran the Federal Reserve and can't get a new mortgage. Can you?
More Americans should be as eager to refinance their mortgage as the former Federal Reserve chairman
February 2014
Fed transcripts from 2008 reveal inner workings as US teetered on the brink
Janet Yellen’s jokes pepper Federal Reserve members’ struggle to describe severity of financial crisis as it developed