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Janet Yellen: “I would be concerned about something that was a large fiscal shift.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2015
I would be concerned about something that was a large fiscal shift.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Yellen expresses concern about significant fiscal changes impacting economic recovery.

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