Last week Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke reaffirmed the commitment of the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low for years into the future. The Fed's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) is designed to feed the profits of Wall Street banks and corporations at the expense of savers and retirees.
Interest income is at the lowest level in 43 years. Bernanke has declared war on retirees by trying to force them to invest in riskier assets like stocks or commodities.
Cramming Fed central planning down the throat of the American public will fail exactly like Soviet Union style central planning eventually failed in the 1980's. But in the end the American public will pay a dear price for following Bernanke economics.
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