During his testimony, Bernanke called on Congress to view the federal deficit with a more corrective eye, warning that the U.S. could slip further into a weak economy if there is little confidence that deficit reduction is a priority.

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But that may be the lesser of two evils: capital controls might pose an even greater risk if they lead to a wider loss of confidence in other weak peripheral banking systems.

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