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On the recordMay 21, 1979
I shall ask the Congress to provide that through an orderly transition period all deposit interest rates be permitted to rise to market-rate levels.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Financial Reform Legislation Message to the Congress Proposing the Legislation

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