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Sherrod Brown: “The Fed's responsibility and Vice Chairman Quarles' job is, as we know, to ensure that the economy works for average…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2018
The Fed's responsibility and Vice Chairman Quarles' job is, as we know, to ensure that the economy works for average Americans--that if you work hard, you can get ahead; that Wall Street does not again crash the financial system and squander the pensions that families worked their whole lives to earn; and that banks cannot cheat workers out of their hard-earned savings; and that executives are held accountable when they break the law.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown emphasizes the Fed's role in protecting average Americans and preventing financial crises.

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