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Try as we might, we cannot ignore politics in election years.  Campaigns creep into our lives through advertisements, yard signs, bumper stickers and casual conversation.  The contagion has spread to our discussions of monetary policy: we are often asked whether the Fed will be influenced by the election.  We believe not, based on a reading of history and the structure of the organization.

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