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Ayanna Pressley: “One Federal Reserve research paper found that black owned…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Ayanna Pressley Touts SPARK Act, Urges More Financial Investment in Small, Minority-Owned Businesses

Published | Video Starts at 01:33

… built up and were less resilient and were smaller and that was a tough thing to be, even with PPP aid and things like that. Fair enough. Well, in fact, One Federal Reserve research paper found that black owned businesses went out of business at twice the rate of white owned businesses and saw cash decline at nine times the level. Mr. Bear, when bank capital requirements are lowered like under Trump's Basel III proposals, do you, you have data on how much of that extra money actually goes back into communities for local small business loans? (01:33–01:46)

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Asserts findings from a Federal Reserve research paper on the disparate impact on black owned businesses.

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