Gloomy tales havasu nutrition l-arginine review When Ben Bernanke spoke in May after a regular two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve’s top policy makers, financial markets went crazy. Stocks plunged and interest rates rose when he suggested that the Fed would consider tapering purchases on long-term government bonds “in the next few meetings.” No big change in policy is expected this time when the Federal Reserve wraps up its two-day meeting today.