Fed, Bernanke Invite Plethora of Criticism with Twitter Account

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tdp2664 The Federal Reserve, in an effort to improve the level of transparency it has been accused of lacking, opened its own Twitter account this week. While the Fed’s tweets have thus far have provided its followers with access to such items as updates on its balance sheet and text of a recent speech by Chairman Ben Bernanke, more Twitter users seem to be interested in sharing their opinions on the pluses and minuses of the central bank. In an effort to spread the word about the Federal Reserve’s increased level of transparency, Zero Hedge presented a sampling of Fed-related tweets – most of which were heavily critical of the central bank.