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Jack Reed: “The foreclosure backlog is really inhibiting not only the banking industry, but overall economic growth.”

On the recordJune 29, 2011
The foreclosure backlog is really inhibiting not only the banking industry, but overall economic growth.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Highlighting the negative impact of foreclosure backlog on economic growth.

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