FILE - In this July, 18, 2013, file photo Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress" on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal Reserve officials were worried about an adverse market reaction when they made their first tentative moves in 2013 to pull back on the massive support they had been providing to help the economy recover from the Great Recession. Transcripts of their discussions released Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, show that then-Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke and his colleagues devoted considerable time debating the wording of the statement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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