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    C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Christopher Waller. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller discusses the U.S. economic outlook in the year ahead. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world’s foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.
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