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Janet Yellen: I believe risk-based capital should be the most important form of capital regulation, that that is what should be…

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
I believe risk-based capital should be the most important form of capital regulation, that that is what should be binding.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen emphasizes the importance of risk-based capital regulation over leverage ratios.

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