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this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. it could take as much as five to six years for the u.s. economy to fully recover. tom, thats the federal reserves revised forecast for the economy, released today along with the minutes of its june meeting. >> tom: and susie, the fed is also painting a weaker picture for this year. policymakers predict the gross domestic pro...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. it could take as much as five to six years for the u.s. economy to fully recover. tom, thats the federal reserves revised forecast for the economy, released today along with the minutes of its june meeting. >> tom: and susie, the fed is also painting a weaker picture for this year. policymakers predict the gross domestic pro...

>> susie: ben bernanke tells lawmakers if the fed only regulates big banks, its not getting the whole picture. >> it makes us essentially the too big to fail regulator, and we dont want that responsibility. we want to have a connection to main street as well as wall street. >> tom: former fed chairman paul volcker joined bernanke, calling a proposal to take small bank regulation away from the fed arbitrary. youre watching "nightly business report" for wednesday, march 17. this is "nigh...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: the fed chairman tells wall street exactly what it wanted to hear. >> economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends, and stable inflation expectations are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period. >> tom: but ben bernanke tells lawmakers hes moving ahead with plans to pull some of the rescue programs put in place during the financial crisis. youre watch...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: the fed chairman tells wall street exactly what it wanted to hear. >> economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends, and stable inflation expectations are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period. >> tom: but ben bernanke tells lawmakers hes moving ahead with plans to pull some of the rescue programs put in place during the financial crisis. youre watch...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: the fed chairman tells wall street exactly what it wanted to hear. >> economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends, and stable inflation expectations are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period. >> tom: but ben bernanke tells lawmakers hes moving ahead with plans to pull some of the rescue programs put in place during the financial crisis. youre watch...

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