Economics
Fed Concern With Repeat of 1937 Blunder Echoed by Markets
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The specter of 1937 is weighing on the minds of top Federal Reserve officials as they work on a road map for unwinding their unprecedented economic stimulus.
That was the year, following a recovery from the Great Depression, that the Fed prematurely tightened monetary policy and was forced to backtrack as the economy fell back into a recession.