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Janet Yellen: “I also worry that if we were to again be hit by an adverse shock, there is not much scope to use fiscal policy.”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
I also worry that if we were to again be hit by an adverse shock, there is not much scope to use fiscal policy.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen expresses concern over limited fiscal policy options in case of future economic shocks.

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