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Ben Bernanke: “Broadly speaking, fiscal policy both at the Federal and the State and local level is now contractionary.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
Broadly speaking, fiscal policy both at the Federal and the State and local level is now contractionary.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke discusses the contractionary effects of fiscal policy on economic recovery.

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