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How the Fed Prepares Its Minutes

The Wall Street Journal has a write up of how the Fed prepares it minutes. Its interesting to note that the full transcripts are released with a five-year lag as opposed to the minutes.

The process commences even before the meeting begins with a Board of Governors staffer writing up a summary of the staff’s economic and financial analyses, which are delivered at the start of each meeting.

via WSJ

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Posted under CHF at 4:15 am EDT, 06/20/2013
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