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Janet Yellen: “Our economy has made progress towards the Fed's objective of maximum employment.”

On the recordJuly 21, 2015
Our economy has made progress towards the Fed's objective of maximum employment.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen asserts that the economy is improving towards achieving maximum employment.

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