The Fed needs to restore positive real short-term interest rates fairly soon.
Elizabeth Warren: “The Fed needs to restore positive real short-term interest rates fairly soon.”
On the recordJanuary 22, 2018
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Warren emphasizes the need for the Fed to raise interest rates soon.
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