LONDON — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that she believes banking regulators have made enough improvements to the financial system that the world will not experience another financial crisis “in our lifetimes.” Addressing an audience at the British Academy in London on Tuesday, Yellen said the banking reforms put in place in recent years have made the financial system much safer.
Yellen: Reforms Should Avert Future Crisis
PAN PYLAS and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Associated Press, The Columbian
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