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Elizabeth Warren: “So why on Earth would this be the time to reduce capital standards for these too-big-to-fail banks?”

On the recordMay 14, 2018
So why on Earth would this be the time to reduce capital standards for these too-big-to-fail banks?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the rationale for lowering capital standards for major banks.

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