Ben Bernanke actually said...

A sharp near-term reduction in our fiscal deficit is probably neither practical, nor advisable.

I think it will be important for us to develop as many criteria, clear criteria as we possibly can.

the legislation, together with stronger regulatory standards for bank capital and liquidity now being developed, will place our financial sy...

I think we do still have options, but they are not going to be the conventional options and so we need to look at them carefully and make su...