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Jeb Hensarling: The Fed cannot escape its share of responsibility in being complicit in 'Obamanomics' because it has lost much of its…

On the recordJune 21, 2016
The Fed cannot escape its share of responsibility in being complicit in 'Obamanomics' because it has lost much of its independence from the Administration.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling accuses the Fed of losing independence under the current administration.

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