Federal Reserve forecasts of nonfarm payroll employment across different political regimes
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United States of America; Monetary policy; Politics; Macroeconomics; Employment; Federal Open Market Committee; Taylor rule; Forecasting bias; Political business cycle;All these keywords.
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