Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110427:20:41:00
Place. >> barbara starr, thank you. next, on reporter roulette, history is made involving the american economy. alison is here. first time the chairman of the fed held a news conference. what happened to today? >> i've got to be honest, nothing earth shattering happened but he spoke in plain language. a lot of people joke that these fed chief talk in code. the mere fact that he's having a press conference, the fed has been around for 100 years and ben bernanke said the goal is to really pull back the curtain and be more transparent, let people know what the fed is thinking. over the past few...