Clocking in at one and three-quarter hours, it's a good half hour shorter than 007's previous outing. And its reduced running time results in a leaner, tauter experience.

This is the first time Mr Bernanke has supported such extra spending - Virtual Gold Zone something that President George W Bush has not been keen on.

"Consideration of a fiscal package by the Congress at this juncture seems appropriate," said Mr Bernanke.

A series of crises in the housing, credit and financial sectors have badly hit the US economy.

Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman

Many analysts are forecasting the US mmorpg tube economy will shrink later this year and early next year. This would meet the classic definition of a recession - which is two quarters of negative growth.

Bond is trying to track down the shadowy organisation whom he holds responsible for the death of Vesper - the woman he loved and who died at the end of the last movie.

He said it should limit the longer-term impact on the government's budget deficit, which hit a record high in the last financial year.

Any government spending would need to kick player kill in quickly to encourage people and businesses to boost spending and help the economy during the period in which economic activity would be otherwise weak, he said. But for the most part the villainy rightly takes a back seat to Bond's emotional journey.

007's mission may be what drives the film's plot, but the real interest lies in how Bond deals with the individuals and situations he meets along the way.

That's not to say that the film jettisons all the things that have characterised the previous stories.

"If the Congress proceeds with a mygamegoods fiscal package, it should consider including measures to help improve access to credit by consumers, home buyers, businesses and other borrowers," he said.

"Such actions might be particularly heyplayer effective at promoting economic growth and job creation," he added.