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A Fed Geography Lesson

George Selgin/February 4, 2020June 19, 2022

[Author's note: as I composed this essay,  unbeknownst to me, some clever devil in the Trump administration thought it wise to change the geographic designations of President Trump's  current nominees to the Fed's Board of Governors. Thus Judy Shelton, who in the January 16th nomination announcement was…

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2018: Turnover Questions at the FOMC

Tate Lacey/January 30, 2018June 19, 2022

This year’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which meets for the first time this week, faces many unknowns, including new faces at the Fed. In fact, by year’s end, the Fed’s rate-setting body will have, at most, only two continuity voters — that is, members who voted…

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Yes, the Federal Reserve has a Diversity Problem

Mark Calabria/June 23, 2016June 19, 2022

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen recently appeared before the Senate Banking Committee to deliver the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.  A handful of Senators queried Yellen as to the lack of diversity among both the Fed staff and the members of the Federal Open Market…

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