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Elizabeth Warren: “So long as the markets believe that too-big-to-fail has not ended, and they demonstrate that by reducing capital costs…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
So long as the markets believe that too-big-to-fail has not ended, and they demonstrate that by reducing capital costs for the banks that are perceived to be those that the Government would rescue, do we still have a too-big-to-fail problem?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the ongoing perception of too-big-to-fail in financial markets.

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