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Fed Governor Elizabeth Duke Resigns
A harbinger of what will happen to the Chairsatan perhaps? Or is this just a logical response of what the "other half" of the Fed, those who demanded an end to QE by the end of 2013, think about Bernanke's latest public statement. If Dick Fisher quits next, watch out.
Elizabeth A. Duke submitted her resignation Thursday as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, effective August 31, 2013.
Duke, who has been a member of the Board since August 5, 2008, submitted her letter of resignation to President Obama. She has made no announcements about her future plans.
"Betsy has made invaluable contributions to the Federal Reserve and to the country during her five years at the Board," said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. "She brought fresh ideas grounded in her deep knowledge of the banking industry and the real-world dynamic between borrowers and lenders. I wish her the best in her future endeavors."
Duke, 60, was appointed to the Board by President Bush to fill an unexpired term that ended January 31, 2012. During her time on the Board she served as Chairman of both the Committee on Consumer and Community Affairs and the Subcommittee on Supervision and Regulation of Community and Small Regional Banking Organizations.
Before joining the Board, Duke was Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TowneBank, a Virginia-based community bank. Prior to that, she served as an Executive Vice President at Wachovia Bank and as an Executive Vice President at SouthTrust Bank. Earlier in her career, Ms. Duke was President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Tidewater, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
A copy of her resignation letter is attached.
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Rats abandon a sinking ship.
correct
She probably wasn't making enough money for herself and looking for a more lucrative position, like GS.
The official champagne of Obama second inauguration (real picture of Titanic Collection).
http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jq9Y3bomi3M/UPGsG9tAueI/AAAAAAAAwrI/FZp8dzWlc4s/s1...
"Betsy has made invaluable contributions to the Federal Reserve and to the country during her five years at the Board," said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. "She brought fresh ideas grounded in her deep knowledge of the banking industry and the real-world dynamic between borrowers and lenders. I wish her the best in her future endeavors."
"Betsy"?
it was that or "Daisy"
Ya noticed that too. It's actually sexist and pejorative to use a nickname like this in a formal announcement. Might as well pat her ass for a good job too right?
The bitch is eloping with Kudlow.
Mac, that made me laugh.
I was hoping Ben would bring in The Don to tell her:
"You're fired!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75SEy1qu71I
She was "resigned"...by her owners. These public faces are simply meat puppets for the owners: Bennie Bernank and the Meat Puppets. They don't wipe their butts without instructions to do so.
Bernanke threw his fellow fomc clowns under the Bus yesterday by making them all look clueless and incompetent with his dovish speech. Kudos to duke for showing him up. Lets hope they dont find a replacement with cheesypopey heritage.
Shouldn't she have submitted her letter to Jamie?
Or will Obama forward it up to his boss for her?
pods
Finally, someone who is tired of sucking black dick...
2012 proved that "once you go black, you never go back"
My thoughts exactly, not even Gartman caught it.
The biggest "hawk" said fuk it I am outa here. This is a buy sign I guess]or is it a caution sign or is it just bs. Maybe the day will come that he has no input and the market rules- until then - look out. He obviously has an agenda of just fuking everybody.
Please Bernank just leave and get the fuk out befor you destroy more people. .....................
The Fed is in complete disarray, they do not know what to do
When Benny says the Fed still has lots of tools in it's toolbox, he is referring to the following tool inventory
1. Smoke
2. Mirrors
3. Lies
4. Printing Press
When you understand this understanding the rest becomes pretty easy.
The Fed is composed of complete circle jerking tools. And yes, they are trapped in a box.
I wondered about this yesterday when Ben gave his "Just kidding" response about the taper yesterday. Would any of the hawks resign in disgust. Of course I don't know that Duke is a hawk but I did have the wondering.
Bank of Tidewater - Gone?
SouthTrust - bought by Wachovia
Wachovia - Imploded, bought by WFC
TowneBank - Exited TARP in 5/2013
Fed - ???
And it starts
One down, many more to go.
Who replaces her?
Stolper?!!
Kudlow!
"Who replaces her?"
Who's on second..., What replaces her.
Prof. Dr. Gideon Gono
Spackler
Carl?
is there another?
Not in my book.
Gunga...gunga galunga.
Got a pool, and a pond. Pond'll be good for you.
Herman Cain will bring pizzas and NINE, NINE, NINE to the table....a hard package for even Bernank to turn down.
Need a brother for Governor. Show some diversity, peeps.
How about Stan O'Neal ?
He showed that he could destroy a fine company.
Would be great at the Fed.
Jesse Jackson Jr. has proven money management skills!
How about Solyndra's Brian Harrison? Reverse Perverse Diversity.
How about Cramer...?
He just wants to make money...
How about Abby Joseph Cohen?
She'll make Ben look good in compairson.
I hear that Corzine's free.
I nominate Harold Raines:
Harold Raines, a Democrat rising star and Fannie Mae’s CEO in the mid-1990s, told the Washington Post that Fannie Mae is “the equivalent of a Federal Reserve system for housing.”
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50690
Reggie Middleton! Now he could give some entertaining speeches.
And every one of them would be started as a title that's an entire paragraph followed by 2 dozen charts in a power-point presentation :D
Them Duke boys never meanin' no harm.
I'll bet she was so happy with Bernanke's statement and the resulting optimism shown by the markets that she felt her counsel and oversight were no longer needed...
"It was the Dukes, it was the Dukes!"
Now we just need Valentine and Winthorpe to take down the Duke brothers.
She can't resign, a Duke has sat on this board since it was founded! Get that Fed Governor back in here...turn these printing presses back on!
And where the hell is Beaks?!
Editing error:
Subcommittee on Subversion of Regulation of Community and Small Regional Banking Organizations
Get out while the getting is good. They know the score.
I'm listening to Peter Schiff have a total meltdown right now. Hysterical.
Source?
schiffadio.com
You can listen for free. He is flipping out between Zimmerman/Bernanke
Why is Schiff paying heed, and therefore contributing to supporting the Bread & Circus Main Stream Proxy Media of distraction and misinformation, to shit like the Zimmerman trial?
Is he also up to date on baby Kardashian?
My guess is, it's the same reason he has not moved to Singapore like Rogers/Faber. Which is to say I truly think he gives a shit about trying to fix this country.
In the process he is completely missing the idea that he is helping divert attention away from the real issue(s).
I read that there might be Rodney King style riots in Florida. Such a small spark could ignite the social unrest brewing under the surface. IMHO that is the relevancy.
Or better yet, the lesser-known "schiffradio.com"
They should ALL RESIGN.
That letter seriously makes me throw up in my mouth.
Could have been much shorter, along the lines of now that everything's broken I'm going to let another play clean up and take the blame.
It was basically a Bernanke BJ
Dukes of Hazard (avoidance)
Here's where we say goodbye to Cletus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VspsB1YV8eQ
Little known fact:
The General Lee had gold hidden behind the dashboard unbeknownst to the Dukes when it was created:
Dukes of Hazzard-How the General Lee bornhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfK5HAZFk40&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Great! One down
How many do we have left to go?
The boat is taking water, about to capsize. In a word - TAPERING.
The RATS, naturally, are starting to run away from the sinking ship!
"she served as an Executive Vice President at Wachovia Bank"
The poster child of bad lending.
Probably what got her the job in the first place.
Wachovia was a pretty solid bank until they bought a Cali mortgage lender at the top of the bubble.
Solid? They were merged with Wells Fargo so they wouldn't fail. It was a gov't forced sale.
Wachovia and several of its executives would be felons convicted of massive money laundering, except that actually prosecuting might have made the bank fail more quickly, in the opinion of the government.
"...Bernanke met every test in a thoughtful, innovative and creative way."
Funny, that's exactly the way I describe 'turning on the fire hose and walking away."
Everybody in a high profile position should be quitting right now, I know I would.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, being awake and working full time in this climate will kill you. I know young men and women who are developing high blood pressure in their 20s!.
Funny you'd remark about age & BP. A 21yr old hair stylist told me that she knew too much. You can imagine how hard I laffed. Come to find out, she REALLY was awakened & aware.
Turned her on to ZH. She gave me hope.
don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out bitchez
Belay that order! Door, hit away! ;)
I will always "thumbs up" Navy speak!
Heh - I still say "belay that" all the time.
Makes the "normal" people around me very confused...
I hear Kudlow is available.
He has an excellent grasp of Free Market Capitalism.
Maybe she is going to take over from Virgina Governor Bob McDonnell when he is indicated for accepting bribes (pardon me campign contribution made out to his wife and daughter)
I am sick and tired of hearing these banksters "getting religion" and then resigning.......after they have raped and pillaged the middle class for millions. They sure wouldn't resign if they did not a cash hoard amassed from their malfescence... they'd be still at the controls trying to figure out how they can extract even more middle class savings.
Was she a hawk or a dove?
On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being a total dove and 5 being a serious hawk, Duke was rated as a 2 "dovish"
http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/F/10/scale.swf
Cool chart....thanks.
It will be very interesting to see whom Obama choses to replace Duke-a dove or hawk and will give clues as to the WH view on future QE operations.
Sorry Doc, Obama will elect a DOVE. He is President today because of the easy money policies of the Fed. When you are watching Obama and your blood pressure is rising, think F-you Bernanke.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fed-governor-elizabeth-du...
"She was also an internal skeptic of some of the Fed’s unconventional efforts to use monetary policy to boost the economy, but reliably voted for the monetary policy choices embraced by Bernanke."
"Elizabeth Duke, Federal Reserve Governor (Leaning Dove)
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008, Elizabeth Duke has staked out a position as an advocate for stronger government action to improve the U.S. housing market. A former community banker, Duke is concerned that banking regulations like Basel III and the Dodd-Frank Act could act as a drag on the U.S. economy and its fragile housing market."
stronger government action to improve (EUPHEMISM FOR INCREASE PRICE SO THAT IT IS OUT OF REACH OF MOST AMERICANS) the U.S. housing market . AND MESS UP THE HOUSING MARKET
Another bankster stooge -- to be replaced by -- another bankster stooge
AH dissention within the ranks finally.
Another job opening for the unemployed people!
Her letter of resignation says she is very proud of what the Fed has done and continue to do. Maybe those kind of letter are always like that, without any negativity, but I don't see any sign she resigned out of disagreement with the Fed's policy.
Anyone else read the letter and have to vomit first line in "Honorable Bara" oops here it comes again.
That asshole should serve time for stupidity alone! These crooks have made nearly every form of political bribery legal and this shithead still found a way to break the law!
On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being a total dove and 5 being a serious hawk, Duke was rated as a 2 "dovish"
http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/F/10/scale.swf
great chart
They know the Fed will just start printing recklessly when another severe downturn occurs. Some bailing before hitting the iceberg.
The final stage is reckless printing like Germany in the early 20s.
So polite. Now, if only she had the guts to get out here on ZH and tell us how she really feels. Maybe someone should start a "Come On In Betsy" post and see if she takes the bait.
Women and children on the lifeboats first please.
Does her departure include a "golden parachute"? Or did she demand that her future compensation BE in gold?
1 DOWN several more to go
Perhaps the following may explain the 'exodus'?
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"Maybe someone should start a "Come On In Betsy" post and see if she takes the bait".
Fear of retribution for revealing Gov't secrets may give her pause.
I've been noticing a pattern lately.
She is just leaving to decorate her new office over at the IMF, in preparation for the day the US dollar dies.