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Elizabeth Warren: “If one offered a very gentle stress test and the consequence were that the stock market responded positively to the good…”

On the recordJune 23, 2009
If one offered a very gentle stress test and the consequence were that the stock market responded positively to the good news that emerged from that, surely you wouldn't say that that changed any underlying reality.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren questions the effectiveness of gentle stress tests on banks.

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