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Janet Yellen: We clearly want to see continued improvement in the labor market, and we want to do nothing that would threaten that.

On the recordJuly 15, 2015
We clearly want to see continued improvement in the labor market, and we want to do nothing that would threaten that.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen emphasizes the need for continued labor market improvement without risking setbacks.

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