Ben Bernanke actually said...

Large deficits in debt over a long period of time raise interest rates above levels where they normally would be and crowd out private inves...

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