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Ben Bernanke: “All we can try to do is try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
All we can try to do is try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke explains the Fed's role in managing economic downturns.

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