Ben Bernanke, December 16, 2009: “I’ve got a driver’s license, my American Express card, a debit card, a Jos. [A.] Bank card where I get my suits, I have a health insurance card. And then I have a variety of other cards, phone numbers, United Airlines, frequent flyer. And I have $45…$75…$85. I’m all set.”

NYP, on Georgio Gucci, September 24, 2010: “The fashion heir was forced to buy a $450 suit from menswear retailer JoS. A. Bank for his appearance before Congress yesterday. The impeccably dressed Italian’s luggage was lost by US Airways on a flight from Madrid to Philadelphia on Monday. Giorgio — whose grandfather Guccio founded the House of Gucci in 1905 — had to scramble to find something to wear before his speech on Capitol Hill.”

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Someone’s gonna be splurging at Jos A. Bank tonight.

The U.S. Federal Reserve chairman’s wealth rose last year, according to financial disclosure forms released Friday by the central bank. As of the end of 2009, Bernanke’s asset holdings were between $1.2 million and $2.5 million, the same as in 2007. That compares with between $850,000 and $1.9 million in 2008, when stocks were walloped by the worst financial crisis since the 1929 Wall Street Crash. Much of the increase in Bernanke’s wealth came from a large-cap stock variable annuity he holds, whose value rose to between $500,000 and $1 million at the end of 2009 from between $250,000 and $500,000 the previous year.

Bernanke’s Bottom Line [WSJ]

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