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Janet Yellen: I led the effort to adopt a statement of the Federal Open Market Committee's longer-run objectives, including a…

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
I led the effort to adopt a statement of the Federal Open Market Committee's longer-run objectives, including a 2-percent goal for inflation.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses her role in establishing inflation goals for the Federal Reserve.

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