Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. states that in this necessary contraction of the housing market and the associated economic crisis, firms must accept their losses and move on to building up capital. (1:00)

 

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William Beach, Director of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis,  stated that recent economic indicators demonstrate slow growth rather than recession in his testimony before the Joint Economic Committee (JEC). (0:44)

 

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