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September 24, 2007

Bernanke is not so conservative after all

By RACHEL BECK
AP Business Writer

NEW YORK — In the clash of the economy titans, Ben Bernanke found a way to steal the publicity thunder from Alan Greenspan's book tour: chop interest rates by a half point.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan had been clogging the airwaves, pumping his new book “The Age of Turbulence” that hit bookstores last Monday. But his successor is now getting top billing, largely because Bernanke confounded the expectations he helped set.


 
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