Ben Bernanke actually said...

We have been keeping interest rates low and trying to create financial conditions that will foster investment.

Bernanke discusses Federal Reserve efforts to stimulate the economy.

02/28/2012

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the potential expiration of the so-called Bush tax cuts, the 2001-2003 tax cuts, is the single biggest item in the fiscal cliff

I have always said... you do not want to just do short-run stuff and ignore the long-run.

Congress needs to step up to the plate.

It is one of the principal motivations for the so-called QE2 we did in November of 2010 to avoid deflationary pressures.