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Ben Bernanke: “We got involved in them, frankly, because there is no clear resolution authority, in the United States for dealing with…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
We got involved in them, frankly, because there is no clear resolution authority, in the United States for dealing with systemically critical failing institutions except for banks.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke explains the lack of resolution authority for failing institutions outside of banks.

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