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November 2009, Dean Baker, Jane D’Arista, and Gerald Epstein

The Federal Reserve Board’s main job is to use its monetary policy tools to stabilize the U.S. macro-economy. To this end, it must take responsibility for recognizing and counteracting asset bubbles before they grow large enough to pose a danger.

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