<![CDATA[A Tale Of Two Economies: Bush, Bernanke Differ On Where US Is Heading]]>

1.0 link 112937 <![CDATA[A Tale Of Two Economies: Bush, Bernanke Differ On Where US Is Heading]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/15/a-tale-of-two-economies-b_n_112937.html On the same day, President Bush and Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke gave two very different assessments of where the US economy is going. Bush was Mr. Positive while Chairman Bernanke's testimony forewarned of the pain to come. Read excerpts from the two takes below.

Bush:

President Bush said Tuesday the nation's troubled financial system is "basically sound" and urged lawmakers to quickly enact legislation to prop up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He also called on the...

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