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To: mishedlo who wrote (109091)	2/27/2010 9:15:56 AM
From: DebtBomb	Respond to of 116555

Great work again Mish.

To: mishedlo who wrote (109091)	2/27/2010 9:20:28 AM
From: DebtBomb	1 Recommendation Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 116555

Mish, what are you thoughts on this? This one has me scratching my head....it's so uncharacteristic of bernanke....especially for him to say he won't PRINT money. Bernanke delivers blunt warning on U.S. debt With uncharacteristic bluntness, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Congress on Wednesday that the United States could soon face a debt crisis like the one in Greece, and declared that the central bank will not help legislators by printing money to pay for the ballooning federal debt. Recent events in Europe, where Greece and other nations with large, unsustainable deficits like the United States are having increasing trouble selling their debt to investors, show that the U.S. is vulnerable to a sudden reversal of fortunes that would force taxpayers to pay higher interest rates on the debt, Mr. Bernanke said. "It's not something that is 10 years away. It affects the markets currently," he told the House Financial Services Committee. "It is possible that bond markets will become worried about the sustainability [of yearly deficits over $1 trillion], and we may find ourselves facing higher interest rates even today." It was some of the toughest rhetoric to date about the nation's fiscal and budgetary woes from the Fed chief, who faces a second round of questioning Thursday before a Senate panel. washingtontimes.com