Bernanke is already preparing to play a larger part in oversight, no matter how Congress rewrites the rules. Fed bank examiners are putting more emphasis on comparing the risks inside one large bank with those faced by other big lenders. The Obama and his administration is taking charge, the Obama plan also envisions a permanent role for Bernanke’s broadened use of the Fed as lender of last resort. The Board of Governors used emergency powers to rescue American International Group Inc., as well as markets for commercial paper, housing bonds and asset-backed securities. In the process, the Fed’s balance sheet expanded by $1.2 trillion over the past year.
“His biggest legacy for sure will be having designed and implemented a policy for dealing with an intense financial crisis,” said former Fed governor Laurence Meyer, now vice chairman of St. Louis-based Macroeconomic Advisers LLC. “Here is what is amazing: It was ad hoc, yet it looks very good.”
Bernanke’s first test on inflation will be reversing the $1.2 trillion in additional Fed credit his policies created. The challenge will be to maintain the Fed’s credibility for keeping prices stable, while avoiding a premature increase in interest rates that may snuff out an emerging recovery. The chairman devoted a section of his semiannual testimony before Congress in July to his exit strategy, saying the Fed could neutralize money in the banking system through tools such as interest on reserves, reverse repurchase agreements, or outright sales of securities. As, president Obama is expecting high from the reappointment of the Bernanke. We are hopeful that he is the man who can lift up and save our current economical conditions form the further disaster!
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