x oil -field: ''Contrary to Republican rhetoric, which has suggested that raising the debt ceiling is akin to opening up the spending floodgates''..cont.>

x oil -field: ..Mr.Bernanke said ''it merely allows the government to continue paying its current bills''.

x oil -field: FED Mr.Bernanke spoke about the debt ceiling misconceptions, compared the debt to a ''family of debtors skipping out on their bills''

x oil -field: WSJ: Fed's Mr. Lockhart: Wrong to Call Current Policy 'QE Infinity' http://on.wsj.com/ZPOyny