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  2. The Fed’s 2% inflation target is a source of growing liberal ...

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    The Fed doesn’t have a numeric labor target even though its dual mandate requires it to aim for both stable prices and maximum employment. Its inflation target is key because of how rate cuts ...

  3. Monetary policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Reserve's present-day dual mandate monetary policy objectives to keep prices stable and unemployment low has replaced past practices under a gold standard where the main concern was the gold equivalent of the local currency, or under a gold exchange standard where the concern is fixing the exchange rate versus another gold ...

  4. One or two more 2024 rate cuts still 'reasonable thing to do ...

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    San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly said Tuesday the Federal Reserve is "resolute" in its quest to achieve a soft landing, making it clear the central bank intends to do what it takes to avoid a ...

  5. Dual mandate (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A dual mandate (politics) is holding two elected public offices simultaneously. Dual mandate may also refer to: The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa, 1922 book by Frederick Lugard; U. S. Federal Reserve System's two main objectives: controlling inflation and promoting employment

  6. Gender inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Center for American Women and Politics reports that, as of 2013, 18.3% of congressional seats are held by women and 23% of statewide elective offices are held by women; while the percentage of Congress made up of women has steadily increased, statewide elective positions held by women have decreased from their peak of 27.6% in 2001. Women ...

  7. What is the Federal Reserve? A guide to the world’s most ...

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    The Fed’s dual mandate requires that officials keep a close watch on employment and inflation figures, such as the monthly jobs report, the consumer price index (CPI) and the personal ...

  8. Dual mandate - Wikipedia

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    The dual mandate is a common phenomenon in Greek politics. Some Members of Parliament , by tradition, become members of the government, and appointing technocrats to ministerial offices is unusual. As a result, the executive branch, and particularly the Prime Minister , has direct control of the legislative one.

  9. Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act - Wikipedia

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    By explicitly setting requirements and goals for the federal government to attain, the Act is markedly stronger than its predecessor (an alternate view is that the 1946 Act concentrated on employment, and Humphrey–Hawkins, by specifying four competing and possibly inconsistent goals, de-emphasized full employment as the sole primary national ...