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Translating word of the Fed to man

Analysts struggle to wring meaning from statements

By Robert Gavin
Globe Staff / May 4, 2004

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As a member of a Federal Reserve advisory panel in the mid-1990s, economist Ken Mayland noticed only two books in the Fed's board room in Washington, D.C. One was a thesaurus. (Full Article: 788 Words)

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