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Janet Yellen: “As the FOMC stated in 2012, I believe, we issued a set of exit principles in which one of the principles was that over…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2014
As the FOMC stated in 2012, I believe, we issued a set of exit principles in which one of the principles was that over time we sought to normalize the size of our balance sheet and to bring it down to the smallest level consistent with the efficient and effective conduct of monetary policy.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the Federal Reserve's commitment to normalizing its balance sheet.

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