Ben Bernanke actually said...

Well, my first best is that the debt limit gets increased promptly and that we have a real solution for our longer-term fiscal problems.

Bernanke advocates for a prompt increase in the debt limit and addressing long-term fiscal problems.

07/13/2011

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