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Janet Yellen: “I think the United States was very fortunate that from the Great Depression until 2008 we never suffered a major…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2015
I think the United States was very fortunate that from the Great Depression until 2008 we never suffered a major financial crisis.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen reflects on the absence of major financial crises in the U.S. from the Great Depression to 2008.

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