This is the Bernanke Panky Comic Archive. Note that comics are listed from top down in reverse chronological order (newest first).
Issue 4.0
Ben's Day Off - Stock Market Tanks
2007-07-26: Ben Bernanke finally takes a much-needed day off. Unfortunately for him, in his absence, the stock market takes a serious tumble with the Dow Jones falling over 400 points during the day and closing down some 300 points. The curb came in, the yen carry trade starts unwinding and everything goes to hell. Who's left dealing with the fall-out? None other than Treasury secretary Hank Paulson ...
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Issue 3.0
Greenspan Rulez - Alan Greenspan speaks at BOMA
2007-07-23: This week, we find that ex-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has hijacked Bernanke Panky! We then find that he is speaking at the Builders Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) in New York. What's he preaching? Fire and brimstone for the U.S. economy, of course! Anyone else find it ironic that the guy who did so much to get us into this mess seems to be profiting handsomely in the aftermath (Commanding $150K per speaking engagement, about to publish his book titled The Age of Turbulence ...).
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Issue 2.0
House Financial Services Committee
2007-07-18: This week, our Fed Chairman has his semi-annual meeting with the House Financial Services Committee. Here, we find Ben Bernanke befriending Congressman Barney Frank, who wants Bernanke to fix the growing financial inequality in the United States, and running scared from hard-money advocate, Ron Paul.
Check it out! (Three pages)
Issue 1.0
W.W.G.D.?
2007-07-13: In this issue, we find Ben Bernanke pondering the not-so-great retail sales data matched against the Dollar falling in value against the Euro. Bummed out and worried, Bernanke thinks aloud, "What's a Fed Chairman to do?" This sparks a revolutionary thought: "What would Greenspan Do?" ...