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Jerome Powell: “I just would say that, for example, the municipal facility--the level of municipal borrowing is set to exceed the…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2020
I just would say that, for example, the municipal facility--the level of municipal borrowing is set to exceed the all-time annual record this year, and that is because of the backstop of this facility.
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Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia

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Powell discusses the success of the municipal borrowing facility.

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