Barney Frank actually said...

I agree, but not by keeping interest rates in general down, but by explicitly refusing to follow the mandate this Congress gave the Federal Reserve in 1994 in the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act.

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Frank discusses the Fed's failure to follow its mandate regarding interest rates.

05/07/2012

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