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Jack Reed: “Was the trajectory of Federal spending and Federal Reserve policy more appropriate at the end of 2000 or the end of 1999…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2009
Was the trajectory of Federal spending and Federal Reserve policy more appropriate at the end of 2000 or the end of 1999 than it is today?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed questions past fiscal policies compared to current challenges.

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