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On the recordNovember 13, 2019
Is it fair to say that the manufacturing economy fell into a recession in the first half of this year?
Said by
Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries questions Powell about the state of the manufacturing economy.

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