Poll: Is keeping interest rates low the right policy?
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (Sept. 2, 2010) Credit: AP
Each week, the business section asks readers to take a poll on a business or financial question and leave comments.
Newsday publishes the results of the poll and some of the reader comments on Sunday. Join the conversation -- take the poll, leave a comment.
This week's question: Is the Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates low the right course of action?
Photo: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (Sept. 2, 2010)
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