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Bob Corker: I think the more the Fed throws itself in the middle of things that are outside the categories that it is charged to do…

On the recordDecember 2, 2009
I think the more the Fed throws itself in the middle of things that are outside the categories that it is charged to do, the chances are--maybe not you but the next person down the road--the Fed's independence ends up being undermined.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Corker warns about the Fed's involvement in areas beyond its mandate affecting its independence.

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