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On the recordMarch 2, 2009
The Japanese mistake was not acting quickly enough or aggressively enough, and I think that is not our problem.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke explains that the U.S. is acting more decisively than Japan did during its crisis.

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