NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday warned Congress "discord and delay" in addressing the federal deficit could hurt the US. economic recovery.
In a speech at the New York Economic Club, Bernanke acknowledged the pace of recovery from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression has been "disappointingly slow," with the average annual growth in real gross domestic product coming in at about 2 percent since the recession bottomed out in 2009.