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Jerome Powell: “We do not have a lot of tools to address the income inequality.”

On the recordNovember 27, 2017
We do not have a lot of tools to address the income inequality.
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Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Powell discusses the limitations in addressing income inequality.

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