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Jerome Powell: I do not know that there is a tradeoff, and I think, again--I do not want to look at the pre-crisis levels of liquidity…

On the recordApril 13, 2016
I do not know that there is a tradeoff, and I think, again--I do not want to look at the pre-crisis levels of liquidity as any kind of a benchmark.
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Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Powell discusses the absence of a tradeoff between regulatory safety and market liquidity.

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