C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics: The Limits of Central Banking

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Speaker
Charles Plosser
President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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The C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics is presented by the Corporate Program and the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

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