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Fleeting growth at the price of stability: the Fed’s conflicting mandates

When Congress passed the Humphrey-Hawkins Full-Employment Act in 1978 it added ‘full employment’ as a second and conflicting mandate to the original goal of price stability.  This seemed like a good idea to those unrealistically seeking perpetual economic expansion.  In … Continue reading

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