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U.S. Needs More Startups To Remain Competitive, Says Atlanta Fed

U.S. Needs More Startups To Remain Competitive, Says Atlanta Fed
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WASHINGTON | Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:15am EST
(Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday the U.S. economy needs more start-up firms to remain competitive.

Dennis Lockhart, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, said the pace of small business creation had not recovered as might have been expected despite a return to economic growth following the deep recession.

He did not touch directly on the outlook for the economy or monetary policy.

"The rate of new business formation fell sharply during the recession and seems to have been slow to recover," Lockhart said.

(Reporting by Pedro Nicolaci da Costa; Editing by James Dalgleish)

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