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Forget Fed Press Conferences. Use Posters Instead!

 

Last month Fed chair Ben Bernanke hosted the first-ever Fed press conference following a rate policy meeting—the goal was to communicate more clearly and win consumer trust. Seems like a lot of effort. Could’ve just done some nice posters like they did in pre-Depression 1920s. Two favorites below. The rest are on the NY Fed’s blog. They’ve been making rounds since WSJ posted Friday.


 

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Comments [ 2 ]
  1. Dick Lepre says:

    For me they need to make a poster explaing why 2 of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks are in Missouri. Just doesn’t seem right. 

  2. John Gate says:

    For me that doesn’t make more explanatory

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