Ben Bernanke actually said...

Although monetary policy is working to promote a more robust recovery, it cannot carry the entire burden of ensuring a speedier return to ec...

Banks are not going to lend out the reserves at a rate lower than they can earn at the Fed.

the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.

The economy needed help from Congress, if not from additional spending on roads and bridges, for example, then at least in areas such as ret...