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Richard Shelby: “If the Fed does not raise interest rates, higher inflation is almost assured.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
If the Fed does not raise interest rates, higher inflation is almost assured.
Said by
Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby states that not raising interest rates could lead to guaranteed inflation.

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