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Peterson Perspectives

Is the United States De-emphasizing its Bank Clean-Up Plan?

Michael Mussa discusses the reasons why the Obama administration's plan to remove toxic loans from bank balance sheets may turn out to be unnecessary.
Michael Mussa (PIIE)
June 8, 2009
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pp20090608mussa.pdf

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