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Janet Yellen: “Well, there is an advantage to funding the debt, especially when interest rates are very low, by issuing long-term debt.”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
Well, there is an advantage to funding the debt, especially when interest rates are very low, by issuing long-term debt.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Yellen discusses the benefits of issuing long-term debt at low interest rates.

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