• After meeting with Obama Bernanke says it is very important to take a global perspective as the US discusses the economy.

The networks are not showing the comments live so it is not clear whether Obama and Bernanke are responding to questions from the press.

Update: The White House has released tape of the photo-op. I’ve never seen Bernanke so impassive. He shows no reaction to the President’s remarks whatsoever. Odd. Looks like a hostage tape…