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The Federal Reserve... is in the position of the chaperone who has ordered the punch bowl removed just when the party was really warming up.

William McChesney Martin

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William McChesney Martin
Age: 91 †
Born: 1906
Born: December 17
Died: 1998
Died: July 29
Banker
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St. Louis
Missouri
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