On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
Honestly, Senator, I think it is not up to me to make that judgment.
Source
congress.govHonestly, Senator, I think it is not up to me to make that judgment.
Bernanke states that determining capital injection amounts is not his responsibility.
Share
More from Ben Bernanke
GSE-type organizations are not essential to successful mortgage financing. Indeed, many other industrial countries without GSEs have achieved homeownership rates comparable to that of the United States. One device that has been widely used…
making derivatives safer is very important, part of solving Too Big to Fail and preventing another financial crisis.
The economy needed help from Congress--if not from additional spending (on roads and bridges for example), then at least in areas such as retraining unemployed workers.