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Ben Bernanke: “If we hadn't had the TARP money in October, we would have had a global banking crisis.”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
If we hadn't had the TARP money in October, we would have had a global banking crisis.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke emphasizes the importance of TARP in preventing a banking crisis.

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