The Federal reserve and the financial crisis
By: lectures by Ben S. Bernanke
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780691165578
Subjects: Financial crises; United States. Federal Reserve Board; United States; Monetary policy; Economic policy; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Federal Reserve banks
Description: In 2012, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, gave a series of lectures about the Federal Reserve and the 2008 financial crisis, as part of a course at George Washington University on the role of the Federal Reserve in the economy. In this unusual event, Bernanke revealed important background and insights into the central bank's crucial actions during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Notes: First published: 2013.

Includes index.

Various printings.
Table of contents: title: Lecture 1: Origins and mission of the Federal Reserve; title: Lecture 2: The Federal Reserve after World War II; title: Lecture 3: The Federal Reserve's response to the financial crisis; title: Lecture 4: The aftermath of the crisis.