chairman bernanke, this is a question which is a follow-up in your discussion with senator crepele. in your testimony you note there has been some modestly encouraging data recently, including slightly better performance in the labor market, improved consumer sentiment, and some increases in manufacturing. but these signs of economic recovery aren't necessarily reflected glet experiences of our workers and their families in the communities. putting aside a question in the euro zone, what possible set backs concern you the most with respect risks in our economic recovery. for instance, could action to cut critical investments too quickly send the economy back into a slowdown? >> let me just say first that one of the points that i talked about in my remarks was there still is a little bit of a contradiction between the improvement in the labor market and the speed of the overall recovery in terms of growth in particular. i mentioned that income had been flat for consumers in 2011 to revise data from yesterday, it actually says it was a little bit better than flat, but still less than