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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Bernanke named new Fed chief

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President Bush yesterday named Ben Bernanke, White House economic adviser and a respected former central banker and Princeton professor, to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Mr. Bernanke, with Mr. Greenspan and Mr. Bush at his side, pledged to continue Greenspan policies that have promoted nearly two decades of growth while nudging inflation to its lowest levels in a generation -- a move that won applause on Wall Street.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 170 points to 10,385, aided by further declines in oil and gas prices as Hurricane Wilma steered past Gulf of Mexico oil fields and plowed into southern Florida.

"Ben Bernanke is the right man to build on the record Alan Greenspan has established," said Mr. Bush, stating both his reason for choosing the head of his Council of Economic Advisers and the reason why the nomination won immediate and broad acclaim.

Mr. Bernanke, 51, gained recognition while serving on the Fed for penning well-versed speeches on the dangers of deflation and the need for clarity in steering the course of interest rates and the economy.

This year, he co-authored an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on what should be done when Mr. Greenspan, 79, retires from the Fed at the end of his term in January.

"The Fed needs an approach that consolidates the gains of the Greenspan years and ensures that those successful policies will continue -- even if future Fed chairmen are less skillful or less committed to price stability than Mr. Greenspan has been," he wrote.

Mr. Bernanke has departed from Mr. Greenspan noticeably on only one issue. He advocates establishing an inflation target for the Fed, but has indicated he would not adopt such a rigid policy without the assent of other board members, who disagree with him on that point.

Some economists worry that requiring the Fed to adhere to an inflation target of 1 percent or 2 percent might force the central bank to sometimes sacrifice economic growth to achieve lower inflation.

Yesterday, Mr. Bernanke addressed those fears. "If I am confirmed by the Senate, I will do everything in my power ... to help assure the continued prosperity and stability of the American economy," he said.

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