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Janet Yellen: “I believe we would have a much weaker economy if in the last number of years we had followed the dictates of that rule.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2017
I believe we would have a much weaker economy if in the last number of years we had followed the dictates of that rule.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen argues against strict adherence to the Taylor rule for interest rates.

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