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Ben Bernanke: “If you do not do that, it would have very negative effects on financial markets and on our economy.”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2011
If you do not do that, it would have very negative effects on financial markets and on our economy.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Warning about the consequences of not addressing the debt limit.

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