Ben Bernanke actually said...

Our mandate tells us to do the best we can for employment and price stability, and we will continue to do that.

It would reduce a lot of the uncertainty that we see. It would address a very important problem, and it would show the ability of our politi...

It would be better to make that plan soon but to have the effects come in more gradually.

What we need is a strategy which addresses the long-run sustainability issues.