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...under increased scrutiny as a result of the global recession, however, the Fed chief saw fit to grant the first television interview since his appointment to 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. The last time a Fed chair gave a television interview was in 1987 when Alan Greenspan appeared on Meet the Press - an interview that was followed the next week by the largest single-day drop in stock market history. So why Bernanke's change of heart? He responded to that question quite plainly: "It's an extraordinary time. This is a chance for me, I think, to talk...
...champion of transparency in monetary policy, but he also recognizes that there are limits to what we know about the economic forecast and what that means to monetary policy." - then-New York Federal Reserve chief Tim Geithner, who now heads the U.S. Treasury Department. (BusinessWeek...
...think Bernanke is in a very difficult situation. Too many bubbles have been going on for too long. The Fed is not really in control of the situation." - Paul Volcker, Fed chief from 1979 to 1987, on Bernanke and the Fed's response to the rapidly declining economic situation. (New York Times, January...
...President Zardari." The Zardari government has been increasingly critical of what some of its members allege is an "orchestrated campaign" against them. In the lead-up to the long march, Geo and other channels endlessly taunted the government with footage of its election promises to restore Iftikhar Chaudhry, the chief justice sacked by Musharraf when he imposed the state of emergency. Once the crackdown began, there was blanket coverage of protesters being thrashed in the streets and hauled off to prison...
...betraying Bhutto's legacy as they urged support for the antigovernment protests. Sharif has been singling out Zardari in his attacks, attempting to isolate the unpopular President from the rest of the PPP. The tactic appears to be paying off, with Zardari increasingly being seen as the chief aggressor...