Ben Bernanke: “Lower paid workers, as well as women and minorities, are over-represented in the most affected sectors, and, thus, have…”

Right now our concern is that the Chinese currency policy is blocking what might be a more normal recovery process in the global economy, and it is to an extent hurting our recovery.

A default by the U.S. Government would be extremely disruptive.

You have to have long-term structural changes in the entitlement programs.

Although monetary policy is working to promote a more robust recovery, it cannot carry the entire burden of ensuring a speedier return to economic health. The economy's performance both over the near term and the longer run will depend…