Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke arrives to testify before the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 4, 2011.
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With Friday's release of the latest jobs report, it appears that the economy is recovering at a snail's pace. But is this growth slow enough to justify another round of 'quantitative easing'?
Ben Bernanke has suggested that he is ready to make a strong policy move, and as the Federal Reserve meets tomorrow, all eyes are on the Chairman.
Felix Salmon is a finance blogger for Reuters.
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I love economics so much because I don't get it... I love how somehow you can print money and that will stimulate the economy because people will somehow think that they are making money...
I remember once buying a counterfeit designer scarf for cheap. I didn't know it was counterfeit... I sold it cheaply after I was told it wasn't real. I got paid with a counterfeit bill! Somehow, this segment on printing money as stimulus reminded me of my counterfeit scarf and bill and how I got screwed in the end.
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