On the recordJuly 20, 2010
Uncertainty and other factors.
Source
congress.govUncertainty and other factors.
Bernanke attributes reduced lending to small businesses to uncertainty in the economy.
Share & report
More from Ben Bernanke
Congress sets the mandate for the Federal Reserve, and so Congress has the right to set the mandate of course any way it likes.
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.
forcing these activities out of insured depository institutions would weaken both financial stability and strong prudential regulation of derivative activities.