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Tim Geithner: “It is a good thing for the country that banks are eager to get out of the investments the government was forced to put…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2009
It is a good thing for the country that banks are eager to get out of the investments the government was forced to put in.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Geithner emphasizes the importance of banks wanting to repay government investments.

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