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Janet Yellen: “There is not very much that we can do in incorporating that into our forecasts.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2017
There is not very much that we can do in incorporating that into our forecasts.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the Fed's limitations in forecasting climate change impacts.

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