PERSON: Steven Beckner

Market News International

Senior correspondent

Steven K. Beckner is the foremost reporter covering the Federal Reserve, a distinction he has been accorded by readers through a quarter century of close attention to the policies and people of the central bank. As senior correspondent for MNI, his exclusives and highly informed insightful reporting have been the first and last word on Federal Reserve coverage, relied upon by the Street’s most capable Fedwatchers. His accounts of central bank, Treasury and foreign exchange policy developments from in and outside of the United States have long been considered the best information available on the most important subjects in the world of finance and economics. A constant traveler to regional Fed bank events throughout the United States, Steve also travels regularly to international gatherings of central bankers and finance ministers wherever they occur. He is the author of “Back From the Brink, the Greenspan Years,” has been recognized for “The Beckner Effect” of his words on markets in The New York Times, and keeps National Public Radio listeners informed with daily reports.

— MNI Market News