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Ben Bernanke: “It is important for us as a Nation to create a fiscal policy that achieves both the short-term and long-term objectives.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2012
It is important for us as a Nation to create a fiscal policy that achieves both the short-term and long-term objectives.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke stresses the need for a balanced fiscal policy for future stability.

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