Bernanke Urges Budget Deficit Reduction
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is urging Congress and the Obama administration to come up with a strategy to reduce record-high budget deficits. In congressional testimony Wednesday, Bernanke said failure to curb the deficit could threaten the nation's economic recovery. VOA's Robert Raffaele has more.