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Janet Yellen: We certainly do not want to see billions of dollars sucked out of the economy to post unnecessary margin.

On the recordJuly 14, 2014
We certainly do not want to see billions of dollars sucked out of the economy to post unnecessary margin.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Yellen emphasizes the negative economic impact of unnecessary margin requirements on nonfinancial end users.

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