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On the recordDecember 10, 2018
Yesterday former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that corporate debt is at high levels and would prolong the damage of an economic downturn if it were to come or whenever it comes, leading to more corporate bankruptcies.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown emphasizes Yellen's warning about high corporate debt and its economic implications.

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