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Low short-term interest rates will be needed for a "considerable time," Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told the Joint Economic Committee of Congress on May 7. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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FILE - This Jan. 16, 2014 file photo shows outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Bernanke has an agreement with W.W. Norton & Company for a book that will cover his years at the Fed and his response to the economic crisis of 2008. Norton announced Tuesday, May 6, that the book, currently untitled, is scheduled for 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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In this photo taken Dec. 1, 2013, a deer is fed in Port Mansfield, Texas. Poachers have killed a large buck and wounded at least three deer in recent months in this tiny fishing village where residents’ feeding of the animals has made them easy targets, officials said. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)