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Janet Yellen: The interest we pay on excess reserves will be the key tool that we use in order to raise the Federal funds rate.

On the recordNovember 3, 2015
The interest we pay on excess reserves will be the key tool that we use in order to raise the Federal funds rate.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen explains the role of interest on excess reserves in monetary policy.

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