Ben Bernanke Recent Quotations

There appears to be some possibility that the recent trend toward disinflation will continue, primarily because of the potentially large amount of economic slack in the system,

The most recent evidence ... suggests that the economic expansion remains on track.

can account for the bulk of the recent increase in the real price of gold.

Quantitatively, outsourcing abroad simply cannot account for much of the recent weakness in the U.S. labor market and does not appear likely to be an important restraint to further recovery in employment,