Ben Bernanke actually said...

I think many people are convinced that the way Fannie and Freddie were set up before was not entirely satisfactory, and we need to have some...

The Fed is involved very unwillingly because there is no good system for addressing the failure of a major financial institution.

So if you raise taxes during a recession, you probably want to offset it with a tax cut elsewhere, for example.

One of the last decisions businesses make is new employees and a commitment to new employees.