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Janet Yellen: “Low interest rates harm savers; it is absolutely true.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
Low interest rates harm savers; it is absolutely true.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen acknowledges the negative impact of low rates on savers.

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