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Janet Yellen: “I would argue that we cannot have normal rates unless the economy is normal.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
I would argue that we cannot have normal rates unless the economy is normal.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Yellen states that normal interest rates depend on a normal economy.

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