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Federal open market committee decisions in a markov process

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Econometric Systems Simulation Program and for time and assistance while he served as scholar in residence at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Computations were done primarily by Miss Claudia DeVita, Mr. Louis Gasper, and Miss Suzanne Reid. The author also wishes to acknowledge helpful suggestions from Christopher W. Babb, Norman N. Bowsher, Apostolos Condos, Charles M. Gray, Frank A. Hanna, Michael J. Hartley, and Thomas H. Naylor.

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Yohe, W.P. Federal open market committee decisions in a markov process. Public Choice 12, 89–109 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718472

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