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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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