Regional President Speech

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James Bullard (2020, October 20). Regional President Speech. Speeches, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20201021_james_bullard

@misc{wtfs_regional_speeche_20201021_james_bullard,
  author = {James Bullard},
  title = {Regional President Speech},
  year = {2020},
  month = {Oct},
  howpublished = {Speeches, Federal Reserve},
  url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20201021_james_bullard},
  note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}