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Paul Tonko: Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke said yesterday that it would cost at least a couple of hundred thousand jobs, a…

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke said yesterday that it would cost at least a couple of hundred thousand jobs, a number called 'not trivial.'
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Tonko references Bernanke's warning about job losses from spending cuts, highlighting economic concerns.

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