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Janet Yellen: “I think we have a much safer and sounder financial system than we had pre-crisis, but as I indicated, we need to do…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
I think we have a much safer and sounder financial system than we had pre-crisis, but as I indicated, we need to do more.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen assesses the current safety of the financial system post-crisis.

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