Gentlemen, Start Your Presses
• The Daily BellIn his Congressional testimony last week in Washington, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke took time to downplay the significance of the few dissenting voices on the Fed's Open Market Committee (FOMC).
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Bernanke Drives Bull Market to 4th Birthday, 130 Percent Gain
• cnbc.comOne of the longest and most powerful equity bull markets in history turns 4 years old today. And traders believe there is just one man to thank: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Dow Jones high on Fed steroids
• USA Today....the time is approaching to scale back the bond-buying spree and get ready to unwind some of the Fed's massive portfolio, which now tops $3 trillion. The longer the policy lasts, the more likely it will end unhappily.
The Fed's Tightening Pipe Dream
• The Daily BellTestifying before the US Senate this past Tuesday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke made an extraordinary claim about its bloated balance sheet:
The Missing Recovery
• The Daily BellOfficially, since June 2009 the US economy has been undergoing an economic recovery from the December 2007 recession. But where is this recovery? I cannot find it, and neither can millions of unemployed Americans.
The Myth of Fed Independence
• Lewrockwell.comBy far the most secret and least accountable operation of the federal government is not, as one might expect, the CIA, DIA, or some other super-secret intelligence agency.
End the Fed by Ron Paul
• Lewrockwell.comIn the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve.
Bernanke: Fed bond-buying is bearing fruit, will stay in place
• Washington PostFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke reaffirmed the central bank’s commitment to its massive stimulus program on Tuesday, tamping down speculation about a pullback that spooked stock markets last week.
Bill Gross: Federal Reserve to Continue QE to At Least 2014, Currency Wars A Danger To Bond Market
• Daily Paul.comBill Gross, co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., talks about the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy and debt purchases, known as quantitative easing.
Fed Officials Debate Bank’s Losses Once Economy Mends
• New York TimesThe Federal Reserve’s plans for the eventual wind-down of its economic stimulus campaign could provoke a political reaction that will make it more difficult to control inflation, a current Fed official and a former Fed governor said Friday.
The Evil GI Joe
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)After-school Fed Indoctrination from the 80s. The evil Cobra organization tries to replace fiat money with a privately coined gold currency, but is shut down by the heroic G.I. Joe special forces team.
Bank of America Secretly Bailed out by Federal Reserve Yet Again
• Daily Paul.com"In July of 2012, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York granted a bailout to Bank of America;
Get Ready for Some Major Disinformation about America's Gold
• Daily Paul.comAn audit of the gold held at the New York Federal Reserve has been completed and the disinformation campaign has started. Notice how LaTi reports the story:
Time to Drop Money From Helicopters
• counterpunch, KEVIN ZEESE and Dr. MARGARET FLOWERSMilton Friedman of the Chicago School of Economics suggested in 1969 that dropping money out of helicopters for citizens to pick up was a sure way to restart the economy.
The Fed’s Plan B
• http://www.counterpunch.org, by MIKE WHITNEY"We're going to kill the dollar"
The Biggest Bank Heist...Ever!
Thomas CostanzoThe award winning documentary 'Inside Job' [2011 | US] by the veteran crusader, Charles Ferguson is the most insightful and illuminating amongst a number of such attempts that deal with the global financial crisis, which is wrecking lives and economi
Bill Gross Warns of Credit Supernova From The Fed, Says To Avoid Long Bonds
• Daily Paul.comBill Gross Warns of Credit Supernova From The Fed, Says To Avoid Long Bonds
All Wars Are Bankers' Wars
• youtube"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is now controlled by its system of credit. We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority.....
The Collapse of The American Dream Explained in Animation
• youtubeThe Collapse of The American Dream Explained in Animation
Federal Reserve hacked
• The GuardianThe US Federal Reserve bank has confirmed one of its internal websites was broken into by hackers after the hacktivist group Anonymous was claimed to have stolen details of more than 4,000 bank executives.
Bernanke Dissatisfied With Growth Will Press on With QE Pace
• http://www.bloomberg.comFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled he isn’t close to easing up on $85 billion in monthly bond purchases to spur a stalled economy and bring down 7.8 percent unemployment.
Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act Hits Congress
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/On January 3, 2013 Congressman Paul Broun, Jr. (R-GA) introduced HR 73, The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act. The thrust of the legislation is to “abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repea
Senators Demand that Banks Be Punished – but Not the Fed
• The Daily BellSenators Call Out Attorney General For Treating Banks Like They Are "Too Big To Jail" Like many Americans, Senators Charles Grassley (Iowa) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) think federal investigators have given banks a mere slap on the wrists.
A Misesian Century
• The Daily BellIn December it will be 100 years since Congress authorized the creation of the Federal Reserve System.
Possible Federal Reserve Meltown Inspires Virginia Lawmakers To Adopt Alternative Currency Plan
• govtslaves.infoDel. Bob Marshall did a little strategic name-dropping Thursday, and it had the desired effect.
MORGAN STANLEY ANALYST: Every Investor I Met At Davos Was Worried About The Same Fed Scenario
• Business InsiderMorgan Stanley bank analyst Huw Van Steenis attended the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, and there was one concern he said kept coming up over and over in meetings with investors.
The Fed's Presence In The Markets Is Pretty Clear
• Business InsiderThere has been an burst of exuberance as of late as the market, after four arduous years, got back to its pre-crisis levels.
Bloomberg Discovers Federal Reserve Inflation ... Sort of
• The Daily BellIn today's "Single Best Chart," Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu displays how inflation has increased in the 100 years since the creation of the Federal Reserve. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Fed’s Holdings of U.S. Gov't Debt Hit Record $1,696,691,000,000; Up 257% Under Obama
• cnsnews.comIn data released Thursday afternoon, the Federal Reserve revealed that its holdings of U.S. government debt had increased to an all-time record of $1,696,691,000,000 as of the close of business on Wednesday.
Jim Cramer Got The Ultimate Vindication This Week
• Business InsiderIt was an earthshaking rant, arguing that Wall Street was in horrible shape, and that the Fed was asleep at the wheel
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