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Tim Geithner: “The previous administration's piecemeal, lurching interventions in the financial system contributed to the confusion, I…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
The previous administration's piecemeal, lurching interventions in the financial system contributed to the confusion, I believe, and the volatility that have dragged down consumer and investor confidence.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Critique of past administration's financial interventions affecting confidence.

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