In this June 13, 2012 file photo, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, head of the largest bank in the United States, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Banking Committee about how his company recently lost more than $2 billion on risky trades. Throughout 2012, banks faced scrutiny as drama ensued. JPMorgan Chase lost $6 billion in a complex series of trades. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this Aug. 8, 2012 file photo, dark clouds from a passing thunderstorm hang over a dry cornfield in Blair, Neb. In 2012, the nation suffered its worst drought since the 1950s, covering 80 percent of U.S. farmland. Grain and food prices soared. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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In this July 26, 2011 file photo, Austin Mitchell, left, and Ryan Lehto work on an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. In 2012, domestic crude oil production achieved its biggest one-year gain since 1951, driven by output in North Dakota and Texas. The United States is on pace to pass Saudi Arabia as the world�s top oil producer within two years. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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In this May 16, 2012 file photo, construction workers wrap a home in protective sheeting as they frame a new home in Chester, Va. After a six-year slump that sent more than 4 million homes into foreclosure and shrank home prices about one-third nationwide, the U.S. housing market began to recover in 2012. Modest job gains and record-low mortgage rates fueled demand. (AP Photo/Steve Helbe)

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In this May 12, 21012 file photo, protesters pack the Puerta del Sol plaza in central Madrid. Worldwide growth was slack again in 2012. The global economy grew just 3.3 percent, down from 3.8 percent in 2011 and 5.1 percent in 2010, the International Monetary Fund estimates. (AP Photo/Paul White)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 file photo, people examine the iPad Mini in San Jose, Calif. Competition in mobile technology intensified in 2012 as Apple maintained worldwide dominance. But the use of Google�s Android software on competing smartphones and tablets spread faster than Apple�s market share. Forty-four percent of U.S. adults own smartphones, up from about 35 percent in 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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In this May 18, 2012 file photo provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the Nasdaq opening bell from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Years of anticipation led to Facebook's initial public offering of stock in 2012, the hottest Internet IPO since Google�s in 2004. Many of the 1 billion-plus users of the world�s largest online social network craved a chance to buy in early. On the eve of its first trading day, Facebook�s market value was $105 billion, yet the IPO bombed. (AP Photo/Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 file photo, people examine the iPad Mini in San Jose, Calif. Competition in mobile technology intensified in 2012 as Apple maintained worldwide dominance. But the use of Google�s Android software on competing smartphones and tablets spread faster than Apple�s market share. Forty-four percent of U.S. adults own smartphones, up from about 35 percent in 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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In this Thursday, June 28, 2012 file photo, Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., center, holds up a copy of the Supreme Court's health care ruling during a news conference by the GOP Doctors Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court caught many by surprise when it backed the Obama administration�s health care reform in June 2012. The law requires Americans to buy insurance or pay a tax, while subsidizing the needy. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 file photo, a protester wears glasses with the euro and dollar symbols painted on the lenses before protesting the conservative government's handling of the economic crisis and to demand fresh elections, in Madrid. Many had hoped that 2012 would be the year when the global economy finally regained its vigor, but the three largest economies: The United States, China and Japan struggled, while the 17 countries that use euro endured a third painful year in their financial crisis and slid into recession, and emerging economies slowed. (AP Photo/Paul White)

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In this Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama acknowledges House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. A dreaded package of tax increases and deep spending cuts to domestic and defense programs loomed over the economy in 2012 as Congress and the White House negotiated the budgetary steps needed to avoid it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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