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On the recordMarch 17, 2009
This financial crisis has demonstrated that, contrary to the presumption of many, financial institutions were unprepared and in many cases incapable of adequately assessing the risks that they were bearing on their books.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed highlights the unpreparedness of financial institutions during the crisis.

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