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Kudlow's Money Politics
Kudlow's Money Politics (kudlow.nationalreview.com) has great Ben Bernanke news, photos, videos and more
Tuesday, Aug 5
Wanted: A Tough-on-Inflation Message to Boost King Dollar
The Fed meets today and will announce its policy decision at 2:15 p.m. Let’s hope it talks tough on inflation and King Dollar. Yesterday’s consumer inflator report was up 4.1 percent over the past year, the biggest rise in 17 years. Core inflation is much lower at 2.3 percent, but still above the F...
Thursday, Jul 17
Opinion: My Interview with Congressman Ron Paul
What follows below is an unofficial transcript of my interview on Kudlow & Company last night with former Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. We talked about inflation, bailouts, the Fed’s role, Fannie & Freddie, and much more. Last night’s K&C market...
Wednesday, Jul 16
Bunning Squawks at Paulson and Bernanke … Good for Bunning
I see this morning that some of my CNBC colleagues are talking down to Jim Bunning, almost making fun of him as some sort of “odd duck,” because the Kentucky senator dared to squawk back at Henry Paulson (and for that matter Ben Bernanke) during yesterday’s Senate hearings on Fannie Mae and...
My Interview with Senator Jim Bunning
What follows below is an unofficial transcript of my interview on Kudlow & Company last night with Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY). Mr. Bunning is a Republican member of the Senate Banking Committee. Kudlow: Senator Jim Bunning, Republican from Kentucky, not happy today with either Treas...
Wednesday, Jul 9
Fannie, Freddie, Ben, and the Dollar
As banking and financial stocks lead the overall indexes down into bear-market territory, Fed head Ben Bernanke and Treasury man Henry Paulson are testifying today before Barney Frank’s House Financial Services Committee on ways and means to reform all manner of bank and securities d...
Tuesday, Jun 24
Is the Inner Bernanke Up to the Task?
All eyes are on the Fed meeting to see if the inner Ben Bernanke will lean toward inflation hawk Paul Volcker and follow through to stop inflation and defend -- indeed recreate -- King Dollar. Volcker told us a few months ago that we were in a dollar crisis. Since then, Bernanke has been talking...
Monday, Jun 16
The Dollar and Bernanke's Reputation
Robert Novak’s column today argues that Wall Street speculation over Fed rate hikes “appears to be dead wrong.” Novak says Fed head Ben Bernanke is more worried about spiking oil prices causing recession than he is about inflation. If Novak is right, the central bank is going to suffer a big...
