¡Sopas! Vamos a ver cómo reaccionan los mercados a esto. Bernanke dijo este domingo que un alza de tasas era una opción. Los mercados están sube y sube en Japón y Asia, y el ánimo es inmejorable en Wall Street. Pero vamos a ver.
Aquí la introducción de la nota del WSJ:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cracked the door open a bit more to the idea of raising interest rates if a new financial bubble emerges.
He also mounted a vigorous defense against critics who say it was the Fed's low-interest-rate policies over the past decade that caused the last housing bubble. Instead, he said, the problem was lax regulation, which permitted banks to issue a slew of exotic mortgages that households later had trouble paying.
"We must be especially vigilant in ensuring that the recent experiences are not repeated," Mr. Bernanke said in a speech Sunday at the American Economic Association's annual meeting here. Better regulation is his first line of defense against future crises. But the Fed also needs to "remain open" to using the blunt tool of higher interest rates to avert or pop future asset bubbles, Mr. Bernanke said, particularly if other approaches aren't working.
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