Yet what should not be uncertain is our commitment to our dual-mandate goals of maximum employment and price stability. We will do what it takes to bring inflation back to our 2 percent target over time, which will lay the foundation for sustainable strength in the labor market and the U.S. economy.
At its heart, the debate is essentially over the incidence across the taxpayers of Europe of the various costs of fixing banking problems. The Asia-Pacific region The contrast between the story for the North Atlantic countries and that for Asia could, in all frankness, hardly be more pronounced. Most of the countries in the Asian region have had a “v-shaped” recovery.