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Jan 28, 2020

New year. New me. New FOMC.

Markets adjust to the spreading coronavirus outbreak. The Federal Reserve’s group in charge of interest rates gets new members in the new year. Nick Kristof expounds the virtues of taking an economics class.

The U.S Federal Reserve started pumping more dollars into the U.S. financial system, one reason the dollar has weakened.
The U.S Federal Reserve started pumping more dollars into the U.S. financial system, one reason the dollar has weakened.
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