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Ben Bernanke: “I think we ought to be shooting for a sustainable path, 3 percent, maybe even less, of GDP as a deficit.”

On the recordJuly 20, 2010
I think we ought to be shooting for a sustainable path, 3 percent, maybe even less, of GDP as a deficit.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke advocates for a sustainable deficit target for economic stability.

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