Va ... // Va reusi Bernanke cu tiparnita ($2.05 trillion quantitative easing !) sau Trichet cu budget deficit cuts ? Bernanke, Trichet Economic Paths May Diverge at Jackson Hole http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601108&sid=aZd0hjkbhMco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjIn58ZNKx8&feature=related " ... monetary policy makers and economists from more than 40 nations to the Jackson Lake Lodge for debates and hikes in the shadow of the Teton mountains ... Bernanke will have his first public chance to defend the Aug. 10 decision and discuss his outlook when he speaks at 10 a.m. New York time. After a morning of presentations and discussions on economic issues, Trichet follows with a speech over lunch at 2:50 p.m. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, who united to fight the worst global recession in six decades, may be diverging over the outlook for their economies. “The ECB instinctively wants to anticipate a normalization of inflation, whereas the Fed would rather see inflation entrenched before normalizing policy,” ... “The ECB seems to be viewing the world more optimistically and the Fed more pessimistically.” Trichet’s optimism and Bernanke’s caution could strengthen the euro against the dollar, ... The dollar slid 0.5 percent yesterday in New York to $1.2719 per euro ...

... // Ins, Outs of Jackson Hole Fed Meeting http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/08/26/ins-and-outs-of-jackson-hole-fed-meeting/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36W3eoa0gHA "Ahead of an important speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday, the buzz at this year’s annual Fed retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyo., is who’s not here and who is. In an effort to make room for more foreign dignitaries, the Kansas City Fed, which organizes the event, has left out some of its own top officials and some Wall Street notables. The Kansas City Fed has scratched top staffers from the 12 regional Fed banks to make room in the conference meeting room at the bucolic Jackson Lake Lodge, which seats a little more than 100 people. Keeping the meeting intimate has meant saying no to some notables, including Brian Sack, who runs the New York Fed’s markets group and has played a key role strategizing with top officials on the Fed’s unconventional policies. Research directors from most of the 12 regional banks also are out ..."

Bernanke Speech at Jackson Hole // http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/08/27/bernanke-at-jackson-hole/ http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/ "Following is the full text of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s remarks at the Kansas City Fed’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo: The annual meeting at Jackson Hole always provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on the economic and financial developments of the preceding year, and recently we have had a great deal on which to reflect. A year ago, in my remarks to this conference, I reviewed the response of the global policy community to the financial crisis.1 On the whole, when the eruption of the Panic of 2008 threatened the very foundations of the global economy, the world rose to the challenge, with a remarkable degree of international cooperation, despite very difficult conditions and compressed time frames. And when last we gathered here, there were strong indications that the sharp contraction of the global economy of late 2008 and early 2009 had ended. Most economies were growing again, and international trade was once again expanding ... "