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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barnett, William A.

Getting it wrong : how faulty monetary statistics undermine the Fed, the financial system, and the economy / William A. Barnett ; foreword by Apostolos Serletis.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-262-01691-9 (hbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-262-51688-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-262-30056-8 (e-book)

1. Monetary policy—United States. 2. Finance—Mathematical models. 3. Financial crises. 4. Econometrics. 5. United States—Economic policy—2009– I. Title.

HB139.B3755 2012

332.401'5195—dc23

2011021050

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