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Ben Bernanke: “This would be very bad for jobs.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
This would be very bad for jobs.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Bernanke warns that raising interest rates due to default would negatively affect job growth.

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