Holding Bernanke Accountable

On Wednesday at 2:15 p.m., Ben Bernanke will do something that previous Federal Reserve chairmen considered a terrible idea. He will hold a news conference.

Mr. Bernanke spent much of his academic career arguing that the Fed should be less opaque, and, as chairman, he has put his ideas into action. Now it?s time for those of us in the media to hold up our end of bargain. In the spirit of democratic accountability, we should ask hard questions ? and we shouldn?t let him get away with the evasions and half-answers that members of Congress too often allow Fed chairmen during their appearances on Capitol Hill.

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Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/27/holding_bernanke_accountable_254462.html

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