Congressional Documents
Congressional hearings, reports and other publications from the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress.
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Federal Reserve Policy and Inflation and High Interest Rates: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, July 16, 17, 18, 30; August 7, and 8, 1974
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Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session. This hearing focused on how monetary policy affects inflation and interest rates. The hearing was held during the 1973-1975 recessionary period.
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Y 4.B 22/1:F 31/43
OCLC:
1166942
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve Policy and Inflation and High Interest Rates: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, July 16, 17, 18, 30; August 7, and 8, 1974, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=727
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Federal Reserve Portfolio, Statements by Individual Economists: Materials Submitted to the Subcommittee on Economic Progress of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States
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Y 4.Ec 7:F 31/3
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3901114, 9792634
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United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Economic Progress, ([year]), Federal Reserve Portfolio, Statements by Individual Economists: Materials Submitted to the Subcommittee on Economic Progress of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=896
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Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977. Hearings Before the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 8094, a Bill to Promote the Accountability of the Federal Reserve System. July 18 and 26, 1977
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H.R. 8094; includes testimony of Rep. Jim Wright of Texas, AFL-CIO Director Andrew J. Biemiller, Jon Brown of the Public Interest Research Group, Board of Governors Chairman Arthur F. Burns, and David Cohen of Common Cause.
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Y 4.B 22/1:F 31/53
OCLC:
3304739
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977. Hearings Before the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 8094, a Bill to Promote the Accountability of the Federal Reserve System. July 18 and 26, 1977, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=377
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Federal Reserve Reform Act: Report Together with Supplemental and Additional Views to Accompany H.R. 8094
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H.R. 8094; recommendation by the House Committee on Banking and Currency supporting the passage of H.R. 8094 a bill designed to reform practices within Federal Reserve System; includes cost estimate prepared by Congressional Budget Office.
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95-1:H.rp.559
OCLC:
3298472
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Federal Reserve Reform Act: Report Together with Supplemental and Additional Views to Accompany H.R. 8094, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=380
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Federal Reserve Rulings Regarding Loan Production Offices and Purchases of Operating Subsidiaries: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on Federal Reserve Rulings Regarding Loan Production Offices and Purchases of Operating Subsidiaries. September 24 and 25, 1968.
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"Hearings into the August 14, 1968 administrative action taken by the Federal Reserve Board, in which the Board reversed its longstanding position on two vital subjects -- acquisition by banks of operating subsidiaries through stock purchases and perhaps even more important, a ruling which overturns more than 35 years of policy whereby banks may establish loan production offices -- in effect branches -- throughout the United States."
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Y 4.B 22/1:F 31/40
OCLC:
3702
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve Rulings Regarding Loan Production Offices and Purchases of Operating Subsidiaries: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on Federal Reserve Rulings Regarding Loan Production Offices and Purchases of Operating Subsidiaries. September 24 and 25, 1968., [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=341
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Federal Reserve Structure and the Development of Monetary Policy: 1915-1935
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Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance, Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives (92nd Congress, First Session)
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Y4.B22/1:F31/42/915-935
OCLC:
340837
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D'Arista, Jane W. and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve Structure and the Development of Monetary Policy: 1915-1935, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=728
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Federal Reserve System After Fifty Years: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance
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The subcommittee, chaired by Representative Wright Patman of Texas, considered six legislative proposals the amend the Federal Reserve Act:
H.R. 3783, a bill to provide for the retirement of Federal Reserve bank stock, and for other purposes,
H.R. 9631, a bill to increase to 12 the number of members of the Federal Reserve Board, and for other purposes,
H.R. 9685, a bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to provide that interest received by Federal Reserve Banks on obligations of the United States shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, to authorize appropriations for the expenses of the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes,
H.R. 9686, a bill to require the payment of interest on certain funds of the United States held on deposit in commercial banks, to provide for reimbursement of commercial banks for services performed for the United States, and for other purposes,
H.R. 9697, a bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act by eliminating the prohibition against the payment of interest on demand deposits,
and H.R. 9749, a bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to provide for Federal Reserve support of government bonds when market yields equal or exceed 4 1/4 percent.
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Y 4.B 22/1:F 31/34/
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3131347
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve System After Fifty Years: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=729
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Federal Reserve System After Fifty Years: Proposals for Improvement of the Federal Reserve and Staff Report on Hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance of the Committee on Banking and Currency
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The Subcommittee on Domestic Finance, a subcommittee of the House Committee on Banking and Currency, submitted this proposal following a series of hearings that took place in early 1964. Testimony was given by 50 witnesses: including Federal Reserve officials, governors and Bank presidents, as well as representatives of banking organizations, and experts in the fields of economics, public administration, and law.
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Y 4.B 22/1:F 31/36
OCLC:
4537670
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), Federal Reserve System After Fifty Years: Proposals for Improvement of the Federal Reserve and Staff Report on Hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance of the Committee on Banking and Currency, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=732
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Federal Reserve System: A Study Prepared for the Use of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States
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Y 4.Ec 7:F 31/6
OCLC:
2730558
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Patman, Wright and United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, ([year]), Federal Reserve System: A Study Prepared for the Use of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=897
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Federal Reserve Treasury Draw Authority: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, June 27 and 28, 1978
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Hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, 95th Congress, 2nd session
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Y 4.B 22/1:F 31/55
OCLC:
4639657
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Federal Reserve Treasury Draw Authority: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, June 27 and 28, 1978, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=733
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Federal Reserve's 17-Year Secret: With Examples of Federal Open Market Committee Transcripts
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Prepared by the staff of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, One Hundred Third Congress, second session.
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Y 4.B 22/1:R 31/8
OCLC:
30018490
ISBN:
0160437059, 9780160437052
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Federal Reserve's 17-Year Secret: With Examples of Federal Open Market Committee Transcripts, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=963
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Federal Reserve's Attachment to the Free Reserve Concept: A Staff Analysis
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Second part of a three part staff analysis of the Federal Reserve System's policy action pertaining to the System's determination of the volume of money and credit, "An Analysis of Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Making."
This analysis deals with the role of the "free reserves" concept in Federal Reserve policy making, and raises questions about the validity of assigning such an important role to this concept, as the Federal Reserve has done. Prepared by Karl Brunner and Allan H. Meltzer.
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Y 4.B 22/1:F 31/35
OCLC:
21726091, 8229956
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Domestic Finance, Meltzer, Allan H. and Brunner, Karl, ([year]), Federal Reserve's Attachment to the Free Reserve Concept: A Staff Analysis, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=396
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- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Domestic Finance
- Meltzer, Allan H.
- Brunner, Karl
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Financial Collapse of the Penn Central Company
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Staff report of the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Special Subcommittee on Investigations. At the time, the collapse of the Penn Central Transportation Company was the single largest bankruptcy in United States history. This report examines the causes & results of the collapse, including related laws and regulatory agencies.
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241103693
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United States. Congress. House, ([year]), Financial Collapse of the Penn Central Company, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=734
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Financial Performance of Continental Illinois National Bank: A Chronology and Peer Group Comparison: A Chronology and Peer Group Comparison: Staff Report to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
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Staff Report to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
OCLC:
11216840
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United States. Congress. House, ([year]), Financial Performance of Continental Illinois National Bank: A Chronology and Peer Group Comparison: A Chronology and Peer Group Comparison: Staff Report to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=735
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Financing Social Security: Issues for the Short and Long Term
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This study discusses some of the major alternatives for closing near-term and long-term deficits in the old -age, survivors and disability insurance program. This study was prepared before the announcement of the Carter Administration's proposal for refinancing the social security system; however, an analysis of this proposal is added as an appendix to the report.
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Y 10.9:So 1/2
OCLC:
3176377
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O'Neill, June and United States. Congressional Budget Office, ([year]), Financing Social Security: Issues for the Short and Long Term, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=872
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First Choice Vote for Reserve Bank Cities
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A statement of the ballots cast by the various national banks of the United States to determine their choice for reserve cities.
OCLC:
21209790
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United States. Congress. House and United States. Reserve Bank Organization Committee, ([year]), First Choice Vote for Reserve Bank Cities, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=604
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For the Establishment of the National Monetary Commission: Report [to Accompany S. 1559]
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Senate Report No. 431, to accompany S. 1559, 81st Congress, 1st session, favorably recommends that the bill for the establishment of a National Monetary Commission should pass. The National Monetary Commission would be directed to investigate current requirements and methods covering the matters of legal reserves of banks, eligible deposits against such reserves, open market operations of the Federal Reserve banks, adequacy of eligible paper other than Government obligations, specie reserves, foreign-exchange fluctuations, and other factors. Statements from Thomas B. McCabe, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, are included.
OCLC:
28009228
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, ([year]), For the Establishment of the National Monetary Commission: Report [to Accompany S. 1559], [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=287
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Foreign Investment and Arab Boycott Legislation: Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session on S. 425, Amendment no. 24 thereto, S. 953, S. 995, and S. 1303. July 22 and 23, 1975.
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The purpose of these hearings was to address challenges from OPEC monetary surpluses and evidence of Arab boycott pressures to U. S. interests and principles.
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Y 4.B 22/3:F 76/6
OCLC:
3073265, 512410534
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Foreign Investment and Arab Boycott Legislation: Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session on S. 425, Amendment no. 24 thereto, S. 953, S. 995, and S. 1303. July 22 and 23, 1975., [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=216
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Framework of Monetary Policy: A Staff Analysis of the Federal Open Market Committee in its Conduct of Monetary Policy
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Report for the use of the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance of the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, 89th Congress, 2d Session, discussing the framework used by the Federal Open Market Committee in its conduct of monetary policy in the 1952-60 period, based primarily on an analysis of the minutes of the meetings of the FOMC.
OCLC:
341
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Domestic Finance, ([year]), Framework of Monetary Policy: A Staff Analysis of the Federal Open Market Committee in its Conduct of Monetary Policy, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=392
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Further matters relating to the nomination of G. William Miller : hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on the nomination of G. William Miller to be chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 8, 1980
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Y 4.B 22/3:M 61/7/pt.1-2
OCLC:
6840813
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Further matters relating to the nomination of G. William Miller : hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on the nomination of G. William Miller to be chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 8, 1980, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=270
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- Continuation of the nomination G. William Miller: hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, on the nomination of G. William Miller to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 27 and 28, 1978
- Nomination of G. William Miller : hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, on the nomination of G. William Miller to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board, January 24, 1978
- Staff Investigation Relating to the Nomination of G. William Miller to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Gasoline Distribution: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Economics of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, March 12 and 14, 1974
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Y 4.Ec 7:G 21/3
OCLC:
1057643
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United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Consumer Economics, ([year]), Gasoline Distribution: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Economics of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, March 12 and 14, 1974, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=895
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Gasoline Shortages: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on Oversight of the Economic Stabilization Aspects of the Present Gasoline Shortage. May 22 and June 6, 1979.
OCLC:
5524142
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, ([year]), Gasoline Shortages: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on Oversight of the Economic Stabilization Aspects of the Present Gasoline Shortage. May 22 and June 6, 1979., [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=220
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Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortage: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Economics of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, May 1, 2, and June 2, 1973
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Y 4.EC 7:G 21/2
OCLC:
763313
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United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Consumer Economics, ([year]), Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortage: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Economics of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, May 1, 2, and June 2, 1973, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=894
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Gold Reserve Act of 1934
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Imprint: Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1934.
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Printed by the Government Printing Office, 1934
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1934, Gold Reserve Act of 1934, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4056
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Gold Reserve Act of 1934: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-third Congress, Second Session, on S. 2366, a Bill to Protect the Currency System of the United States, to Provide for the Better Use of the Monetary Gold Stock of the United States, and for Other Purposes
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Revised. Considers legislation to transfer to U.S. Treasury all gold held by Federal Reserve Board in return for payment in gold certificates and to prohibit further gold coinage and currency redemption in gold.
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Y 4.B 22/3:G 56/2/rev
OCLC:
6266671
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United States. Congress. Senate, ([year]), Gold Reserve Act of 1934: Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-third Congress, Second Session, on S. 2366, a Bill to Protect the Currency System of the United States, to Provide for the Better Use of the Monetary Gold Stock of the United States, and for Other Purposes, [issue title/date], accessed May 24, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=777
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