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Rob Portman: “I worry that the Federal Reserve is trying to use its monetary policy hammer, in effect, to solve a problem that is…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
I worry that the Federal Reserve is trying to use its monetary policy hammer, in effect, to solve a problem that is really not a monetary problem.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman expresses concern about the Fed's approach to economic issues.

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