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Janet Yellen: “I think the answer for the kind of analysis that you have in mind is probably no.”

On the recordNovember 3, 2015
I think the answer for the kind of analysis that you have in mind is probably no.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Yellen admits they haven't conducted the desired cumulative cost-benefit analysis.

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