Frederic Mishkin, governor from 2006 to 2008, remembered Alan Greenspan, who had the ability to embarrass colleagues to keep them in line: “like watching a Kill Bill movie'' as Greenspan “sliced up'' dissenters during meetings.
(Bloomberg) –The Federal Reserve last week published oral interviews with more than 50 policy makers and staff that were conducted in conjunction with its centennial in 2013.
The trove includes conversation with former chairs Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan and Janet Yellen, governors and senior staff, whose recollections span a half century of steering the world's most powerful central bank.
Here are some of the memories that caught our eye:
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Laurence Meyer, a Fed governor appointed by President Bill Clinton who served from 1996 to 2002, got a question he did not expect during his FBI background check.
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