Bernanke hints additional moves to aid U.S. labor market, recovery

English.news.cn   2012-09-01 00:24:16

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- In a long-awaited policy speech on Friday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that the central bank might provide further monetary easing steps to improve the U.S. labor market and broader economic recovery.

OP-ED COLUMNIST The Medicare Killers

By PAUL KRUGMAN

Published: August 30, 2012 556 Comments

Paul Ryan’s speech Wednesday night may have accomplished one good thing: It finally may have dispelled the myth that he is a Serious, Honest Conservative. Indeed, Mr. Ryan’s brazen dishonesty left even his critics breathless.

EDITORIAL: Mr. Romney Reinvents History

Mitt Romney wrapped the most important speech of his life, for Thursday night’s session of his convention, around an extraordinary reinvention of history — that his party rallied behind President Obama when he won in 2008, hoping that he would succeed. “That president was not the choice of our party,” he said. “We are a good and generous people who are united by so much more than divides us.”