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Understanding inflation

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Speech before the New York Chapter, National Association for Business Economics (NABE), New York, April 2, 2007

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  • William Poole, 2007. "Understanding inflation," Speech 114, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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    1. Alan S. Blinder, 1982. "The Anatomy of Double-Digit Inflation in the 1970s," NBER Chapters, in: Inflation: Causes and Effects, pages 261-282, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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