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Ben Bernanke: “If unemployment benefits are not distributed to the unemployed, then obviously they won't spend them and it won't have…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
If unemployment benefits are not distributed to the unemployed, then obviously they won't spend them and it won't have that particular element of stimulus.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke explains the importance of distributing unemployment benefits for economic stimulus.

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