Ben Bernanke said...

Our mission as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability; to foster maximum sustainable g...

A default by the U.S. Government would be extremely disruptive.

I think it is consistent with our mandate and with our current policy to maintain price stability, and that is what we h...

If it doesn't achieve the objective of eliminating too-big-to-fail, I think we ought to come back and decide or ask Cong...