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Is Another Economic Stimulus Package Needed?

NPR
Published October 21, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

There are increasing signs that frozen credit markets are thawing, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says he could support another stimulus package. David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, talks with Renee Montagne about whether another stimulus package can stave off a recession.

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