Hints and tips:
...Outside Capitol Hill, the name that comes up most frequently is that of Mike Wessel, who sits on the board of the US China Economic and Security Review Commission....
...Alan Greenspan, then chair, cut rates in two cycles, first in 1995 and then in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis, to help sustain the US expansion that took place under Bill Clinton....
...David Wessel over at the Wall Street Journal has followed up on a story FT Alphaville has been covering for a while....
...Although a Republican, Bernanke could hardly be more different to Alan Greenspan, his much-celebrated predecessor....
...Access to key players allows Wessel to draw up a balanced report. His conclusion? Without Bernanke things could have been much worse....
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