A Discussion of the Fed's Dual Mandate Responsibilities
Charles Evans provides a brief overview of current economic conditions and discusses the Federal Open Market Committee's two main policy...
Speaker: Charles L. Evans, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Presider: Jeffrey E. Garten, Juan Trippe Professor of International Trade and Finance, Yale School of Management
November 15, 2011
Charles L. Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, discusses the Fed's dual mandate in working to avoid an economic collapse and an increase in inflation, as well as lowering the unemployment rate.
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This meeting was part of the C. Peter McColough series on International Economics.
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Charles Evans provides a brief overview of current economic conditions and discusses the Federal Open Market Committee's two main policy...
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