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On the recordFebruary 28, 2011
What I need to emphasize here is that that does not mean that QE will continue until 2017 or easy money will continue until 2017.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke clarifies that quantitative easing won't last until 2017.

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