Ben Bernanke actually said...

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.

Context

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

02/23/2009

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