Chairman Bernanke delivers the board's semiannual monetary policy report to congress in Washington

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) (L) greets Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke (C) as Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) stands by prior to a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the board's semiannual monetary policy report, on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 21, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch