Ben Bernanke: “We do not want banks making bad loans. That is how we got in trouble…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011

We do not want banks making bad loans. That is how we got in trouble in the first place.

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Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke discusses the balance needed in lending practices to avoid past mistakes.

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Ben Bernanke: “We do not want banks making bad loans. That is how we got in trouble in the first place.”