Bernanke's unclear statements about when monetary policy will change have roiled markets.

The US economy might be headed for another midyear “swoon,” and after three doses of easy money from the Fed, it is unclear whether another round of quantitative easing would help produce the sort of robust growth policymakers and consumers seek.

It’s hardly an encouraging sign of a nation’s economic vitality when its most optimistic policymakers are its central bankers.

How will the Fed “unwind” its balance sheet — that is, sell off the bonds it has purchased — without harming the economy?

Americans continue to live with the aftermath of the Great Recession and the financial crisis.

Please join our panel of experts as they examine how the Fed can help boost the US economy and create more stable growth in the long run.

In this book forum, Brown will address the Federal Reserve’s role in creating periodic bubbles and busts, both in the US and around the world, over most of its 100-year life.

While being questioned in his Semi-Annual Report to Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was criticized as dovish for his expansion of the Fed's balance sheet. In response, Bernanke retorted, "You called me a dove ... My inflation record is the best of any of the governors in the post-war period."