Ben Bernanke made a little history today by holding the first-ever news conference to explain Federal Reserve policy, and he should be pretty happy with the result, writes Agustino Fontevecchia at Forbes. After all, he faced "a complacent press that didn’t press him on the hard issues," and the result was ... kind of boring. "Basically, Mr. Bernanke made no mistakes, added little to what we know but did show, at least to the public, that he understands their concerns and would do the best he could to get the economy and payrolls growing faster," says the president of Naroff Economic Advisors, reports ABC News.