Bernanke did do an excellent job with what he was dealt but the Federal Reserve System is going to lead to boom and bust into the foreseeable future. Interest rates should be left to supply and demand. The US markets are the farthest thing from a free market. 0% interest rates will come with a future price tag.
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You articulated my sentiments exactly. Now I wonder if all of those mortgages coming up for resets in early to mid-2010 will really cause a double dip recession as many have been predicting. If millions of people get bailed out of their underwater mortgages and foreclosures do not increase, maybe the stock market will continue to rise afterall. Taxes will go through the roof, but primarily for the high income Republican taxpayers, which will not adversely affect the Democratic voter base. Maybe Bernanke deserves to be the Time Man of the Year afterall by preventing a depression via the most massive redistribution of wealth in history.