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On the recordJuly 20, 2011
The main issues here are that we are going to have much tighter oversight and prudential regulations over so-called SIFIs.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke discusses the need for stricter regulations on systemically important financial institutions.

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