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Janet Yellen: “I guess the reason I would be open to it is that... the costs exceed the benefits.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2015
I guess the reason I would be open to it is that... the costs exceed the benefits.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the potential for adjusting regulatory thresholds based on cost-benefit analysis.

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