Jim was my first boss as Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

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Economic activity among manufacturers in the central-Atlantic region contracted in June after months of slowing expansion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's manufacturing general-business index.

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Lacker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

FORBES: The Fed Has Forgotten Sound Money, And Now Just Manipulates Interest Rates

Jeffrey Lacker of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond voted against the latest Fed decision on the grounds that inflation would rise and require an interest rate hike.

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