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Economic Commentary

Maintaining a Low Inflation Environment

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Immediately after its March 25 meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced that it had “decided to tighten money market conditions slightly, expecting the fed funds rate to rise ¼ percentage point to around 5½ percent.” This was the Committee’s first action in almost 14 months and the first increase since January 1995.

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Carlson, John B. 1997. “Maintaining a Low Inflation Environment.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 3/1/1997.

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