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Ben Bernanke: “If you determine that you want to change it, we will, of course, do whatever you assign us to do.”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2012
If you determine that you want to change it, we will, of course, do whatever you assign us to do.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke responds to Congress's authority to change the Fed's mandate.

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