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The Federal Reserve's unconventional policies

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Presentation to the Center for Economics and Public Policy, UC Irvine, Irvine, California, November 5, 2012

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  • John C. Williams, 2012. "The Federal Reserve's unconventional policies," Speech 113, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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    4. John C. Williams, 2014. "Accommodative monetary policy: savior or saboteur?," Speech 132, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
    5. Lars E.O. Svensson, 2014. "Forward Guidance," NBER Working Papers 20796, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Fumio Hayashi & Junko Koeda, 2014. "Exiting from QE," NBER Working Papers 19938, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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