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Ben Bernanke: “Absent any action, the debt-to-GDP ratio is going to be not only rising but rising at an increasing pace.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Absent any action, the debt-to-GDP ratio is going to be not only rising but rising at an increasing pace.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke warns about the consequences of inaction on debt levels.

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