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March 6, 2012

Ben Bernanke's Gas Pump Bump

Joseph Mason, MarketWatch


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Consumers are rightfully worrying while politicians scramble to point the finger. Certainly there is no shortage of factors to blame — precarious international markets, political gridlock, poor consumer confidence — and the list goes on. But a not-so-obvious culprit is causing some of the biggest and longest-lasting impact: misdirected U.S. monetary policy. . .

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