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Janet Yellen: We only want to move to more normal levels of interest rates if it is consistent with achieving our objectives of 2…

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
We only want to move to more normal levels of interest rates if it is consistent with achieving our objectives of 2 percent inflation and maximum employment.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the conditions for normalizing interest rates.

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