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On the recordNovember 27, 2017
The problems that some commentators predicted have not come to pass. Accommodative policy did not generate high inflation or expensive credit growth. Rather, it helped restore full employment and return inflation closer to the 2 percent goal.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Crapo discusses the positive effects of the Fed's accommodative monetary policy.

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