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Beware Deficit, Bernanke Says

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“The nation needs to begin planning now to reduce the budget deficit, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday, arguing that even as the government acts to bolster the economy in the short run it must ensure that spending and revenue will come into line in the longer term.” (Houston Chronicle [1], Thursday)

Enabler.

FEE Timely Classic
“The Impossible Task of the Fed” [2] by Ernest G. Ross


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[1] Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/6457020.html

[2] “The Impossible Task of the Fed”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-impossible-task-of-the-fed/

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