we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. there s not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. i m talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced he ll continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. monetary policy is not a panacea, it s not going to solve our economic problems. the fed fed s drugs didn t come cheap either. there have been three rounds of fed stimulus with a total price tag of $2.7 trillion. and that doesn t include the $267 billion extension to operation twist that was announced today. so the question is, were the highs we got worth the price of $2.7 trillion? check this out. when the financial crisis hit, the fed stepped in with an unprecedented plan to lower interest rates. it was called q.e. 1 or quantitativ
good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, america s drug addiction. it s not cocaine. it s not heroin. it s not even bath salts. we re addicted to ben. we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. there s not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. i m talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced he ll continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. monetary policy is not a panacea, it s not going to solve our economic problems. the fed fed s drugs didn t come cheap either. tlfen three rounds of fed stimulus with a total price tag of $2.7 trillion. and that doesn t include the $267 billion extension to operation twist that was announced today. so the question is, were the highs we got worth the price of $2.7 trillion? c