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Bernanke: More jobs needed for real recovery
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Posted on 02/03/2011 11:48:45 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States can't fully recover from the worst recession in decades until hiring improves, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.

The economy is strengthening, and will likely grow at a faster pace this year as more confident consumers and companies spend more, Bernanke said in prepared remarks to the National Press Club. But he warned that the growth won't be strong enough to quickly drive down high unemployment, and it could take several years before it returns to more normal levels.

"Until we see a sustained period of stronger job creation, we cannot consider the recovery to be truly established," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bernacke; bhoeconomy; obama; unemployment
What we need is QE3! Yeah, that's the ticket!/sarc
1 posted on 02/03/2011 11:48:52 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Wow. Nothing gets by old Helicopter Ben.


2 posted on 02/03/2011 11:49:51 AM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Good— let’s start with making the President unemployed.


3 posted on 02/03/2011 11:50:04 AM PST by Lysandru
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To: Lysandru

That would be a great start!


4 posted on 02/03/2011 11:50:48 AM PST by jersey117
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To: Red in Blue PA

In breaking news Neanderthal scientists report that fire is hot...details at 11...


5 posted on 02/03/2011 11:51:00 AM PST by Nat Turner (I can see NOVEMBER from my house....)
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To: Red in Blue PA
He is the architect of doom.

LLS

6 posted on 02/03/2011 11:52:14 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!!!)
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To: Lurker
Wow. Nothing gets by old Helicopter Ben.

He's brilliant! I mean he had to go to the finest schools to come up with such an astute conclusion.

7 posted on 02/03/2011 11:52:29 AM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error)
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To: Red in Blue PA

8 posted on 02/03/2011 11:53:56 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Red in Blue PA

He’s a genius! /s


9 posted on 02/03/2011 11:55:53 AM PST by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

More brilliance from the alleged “smartest people in the room”... Thank you Captain Obvious!


10 posted on 02/03/2011 11:56:13 AM PST by Common Sense 101
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LOL! I don’t remember seeing that one..


11 posted on 02/03/2011 11:56:23 AM PST by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Common Sense 101
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12 posted on 02/03/2011 11:57:21 AM PST by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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[Wow. Nothing gets by old Helicopter Ben.]

Ha! Youi caught him with his pants down around his ankles! Again!

I mean, the depression won’t end until the depression ends! And you can quote me on that!

Oh, and there is no inflation!


13 posted on 02/03/2011 12:10:23 PM PST by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: Red in Blue PA
Bagdad Ben, name change and plastic surgery.
14 posted on 02/03/2011 12:13:40 PM PST by org.whodat
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The United States can't fully recover from the worst recession in decades until hiring improves, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.

Wow! Talk about Captain Obvious.

15 posted on 02/03/2011 12:15:02 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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"Bernanke: More jobs needed for real recovery"


16 posted on 02/03/2011 12:27:59 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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