Bernanke: Joblessness represents ‘national crisis’

The United States faces a “national crisis” thanks to ongoing high joblessness rates, Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke said Wednesday, in perhaps his most strongly worded effort yet to draw attention to the problem. “We’ve had close to 10 percent unemployment now for a number of years and, of the people who are unemployed, about

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Bernanke: Joblessness represents ‘national crisis’

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