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The Fed's Playbook for Fighting Bank Panics, Now vs. The Great Depression | Dr. Jane Knodell

Forward Guidance

CHAPTER

The Federal Reserve's Challenges in the Early Years

The Federal Reserve in its early years did not control the gold stock, and that was a problem. The volume of notes they were able to issue was much greater after they owned all this gold because they were still having to back the notes with gold. Once they own all the gold, then there's less gold circulating. It's an important part of the US moving off of the gold standard is that people didn't need these gold certificates.

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