According to this, Ben Bernanke just announced another round of quantitative easing, to the tune of $85 billion a month for basically forever and ever more, or until unemployment goes below 6.5%, whichever comes first.

So basically forever.

This is kind of a big deal, because instead of setting an end date on this round of QE, they've decided to just keep it all open-ended and dependent on economic factors.

For a reminder of what this all means, behold: