I'm talking about the rate hikes in 2010-2011 after the economy started picking up. It caused the double-dip recession in 2012: https://www.macrotrends.net/glo

I'm talking about the rate hikes in 2010-2011 after the economy started picking up. It caused the double-dip recession in 2012: https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/euu/european-union/gdp-gross-domestic-product https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/euu/eur... and https://www.statista.com/statistics/621489/fluctuation-of-fixed-rate-interest-rates-ecb/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/621489/fluctuation-of-fi... The actions of the ECB caused at least 10 years of misery for Europe. The 2008 crisis was inevitable, but the US bounced back from it within 2 years. While Europe is _still_ not fully recovered. Bernanke deserves a lot of credit for that. He was brave enough to ignore the deficit hawks who were screaming about "inflation" and "debasing the dollar".