Inside the Fed Monetary Policy and Its Management,
Martin through Greenspan to Bernanke
Revised Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Axilrod, S. H.
Inside the Fed : monetary policy and its management, Martin through Greenspan
to Bernanke / Stephen H. Axilrod. — Rev. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 0- 262- 01562- 2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Monetary policy—United States.
2. Board of Governors of the FederalReserve System (U.S.).
3. Banks and banking, Central—United States.
4. Federal Reserve banks. I. Title.