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Janet Yellen: “We want to listen to their concerns and understand them, and we are doing our very best to listen and try to tailor an…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
We want to listen to their concerns and understand them, and we are doing our very best to listen and try to tailor an appropriate set of capital requirements and other regulations.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen addresses the need to consider community banks' concerns in regulations.

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