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Janet Yellen: “If the Fed had been forced to follow such a rule in recent years, millions of Americans would have suffered unnecessary…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2015
If the Fed had been forced to follow such a rule in recent years, millions of Americans would have suffered unnecessary spells of joblessness over this period.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen warned that restrictive policies could harm job growth.

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