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Is the Fed prepared for the challenges ahead?

The nomination of the relatively inexperienced Jerome Powell as Fed Chair comes at arguably a bad time as the FOMC has fewer professional economists and less experience than it has had in decades. The large number of vacancies and high turnover on the committee raises the risk of miscommunication or even a major policy mistake.

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