This week Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will go in front of reporters for his first-ever press conference. He will take questions about policy inflation and the Fed’s bond-buying program in an effort to promote transparency between the Fed and the American public. What should Bernanke say to develop Americans’ trust? Christina Romer, professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley, and former chairwoman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers says she’d like the truth.
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