Bernanke’s helicopter could move to new altitude

In an all-out effort to get the economy moving again, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may be getting ready to take his money-creating helicopter to a new altitude. Bernanke earned the moniker “Helicopter Ben” after the then-Fed governor referenced Milton Friedman’s famed “helicopter drop” favorably in a 2002 speech outlining how the Fed could defeat deflation.