Ben Bernanke actually said...

It is possible that some of these regulations have some impact on the cost of credit, but there has been a lot of analysis that suggests that the benefits in terms of reducing the risk of a financial crisis are extremely large.

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Bernanke addresses the impact of regulations on credit costs versus their benefits.

07/17/2012

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