Statement to the Congress. (policy statements by members of the Federal Reserve System) (Transcript)

From: Federal Reserve Bulletin | Date: October 1, 1991| Author: Mattingly, J. Virgil, Jr.; Taylor, William | Copyright information

Statement by J. Virgil Mattingly, Jr., General Counsel, and William Taylor, Staff Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications of the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, August 1, 1991

We are pleased to appear before this subcommittee to describe recent developments in the case of Bank of Credit and Commerce Internationa...

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