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Ben Bernanke: “It is not our intention to do anything in particular on the international front.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
It is not our intention to do anything in particular on the international front.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Bernanke clarifies the Federal Reserve's focus is solely on the U.S. economy.

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