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Tim Geithner: “Crises do not burn themselves out. Crises this severe do not burn themselves out.”

On the recordMay 19, 2009
Crises do not burn themselves out. Crises this severe do not burn themselves out.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Geithner stresses that government action is necessary to address severe crises.

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