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Article: Statement by Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Joint Economic Committee, U. S. Congress, June 14, 1999.(Transcript)
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- Federal Reserve Bulletin
- Article date:
- August 1, 1999
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