Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, delivers his semiannual monetary policy report to the Senate Banking Committee in Washington on July 17, 2012. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg
Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, delivers his semiannual monetary policy report to the Senate Banking Committee in Washington on July 17, 2012. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg