Ben Bernanke Speech to Begin Momentarily On Capital Hill, Text Below
July 17, 2013 at 09:59 AM EDT
Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to present the Federal Reserve's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress. I will discuss current economic conditions and the outlook and then turn to monetary policy. I'll finish with a short summary of our ongoing