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    Lightbulb Fed to hold regular televised press conferences

    In a stunning if overdue leap into the modern media age, the Federal Reserve announced on Thursday that it will start holding televised press conferences to explain its monetary policy.
    The first briefing, by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, will be after the Fed's next policy meeting on April 27. After that, Bernanke will hold briefings after every other policy meeting -- in other words, about once a quarter

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    http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0311...fed-camera.htm
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    oh yay,

    no need to Audit the FED now. Complete transparency @ the FED

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    History shows us that Benny is the perfect contraindicator, so i welcome it:

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    People are getting way too interested in the Fed, so they're goinng to bore us to death once a quarter so we'll fall asleep at the mention of it.
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    By the way: The first press conference on April 27th could be the announcement of QE3!
    Maybe the FED thinks that this step needs further "selling efforts" in order to be accepted by the public.

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    What medium is used everyday to hypnotize the American sheeple/zombies/mundanes into what to believe?
    The American Dream, Wake Up People, This is our country! <===click

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