Bernanke: Sacrificing Inflation For A Few Jobs Would Be 'Reckless'

Hans Wagner submits: Market action in the last several weeks is signaling that the underlying trend is changing. This is good news, as it will offer new opportunities to exploit the market’s opportunities. For the last several weeks, the market rally has been getting weary as it kept testing the rising trend.

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday December 12.

Keith Fitz-Gerald submits: While the first press conference ever held by U.S.

We first expressed our opposition to the reconfirmation of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Fed on December 24th and again here on Sunday.  Since then a wide range of smart economists have argued – at the American Economic Association meetings in Atlanta - that Bernanke should be allowed to stay on.

It’s now official. The country is in dire monetary straits. So says a recent article in the The New York Times, sort of. Seriously. We can talk about it in public, in polite company, and we’re not some fringe, kooky gold & guns element anymore. Yes, we’re near the beginning of April, but I’m not fooling… What’s With The New York Times?

He will keep the pedal to the metal deep into 2013 WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faces the first of two days of congressional testimony that will subject the Fed’s controversial bond-buying program to tough scrutiny and gauge his confidence in the resilience of the U.S. economy.

By Chris Ridder: There is a lot of talk in the financial media about there being a "Bernanke Put" for the stock market. Indeed, some authors even believe there is a global central bank "put." This is the belief that the Fed Chairman will do whatever is necessary to keep the stock market and economy from going down.

Tim Duy submits: Financial markets warmly embraced a perceived opening by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday, jumping sharply on news that QE3 was still on the table.