Bernanke May Have Harder Fight To Defend Fed Bloomberg reports that the 30-vote opposition to Federal Research Chairman Ben Bernanke’s re-confirmation is a sign of growing political opposition to the bank itself, which Bernanke will have to defend against in his second term. “The opposition to Bernanke isn’t about the guy,” said Vincent Reinhart, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a former Fed official. “It shows the public distrust of the institution.”
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