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Ben Bernanke: “What we have to determine is which firms are systemically critical.”

On the recordJuly 20, 2010
What we have to determine is which firms are systemically critical.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Bernanke clarifies the Fed's responsibility in identifying critical financial firms.

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