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McCabe Becomes Federal Reserve Chairman

United States of America · Politics / Federal Reserve. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1948

Thomas Bayard McCabe15 April 1948

Washington · Politics / Federal Reserve

Thomas McCabe begins his term as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board during a period of growing disagreement between the central bank and the Treasury over the continued wartime policy of supporting government security prices.

Names involved

Thomas Bayard McCabe

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