Austan Goolsbee
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Yeah, pretty much. Now, everybody sits around the table. The Board of Governors are political appointees, and they're at the Washington, D.C. Fed. And then 12 of the 19 people around the table are from the 12 Reserve Banks. The Chicago District's kind of heart of the Midwest. It's most all of Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan. I feel a little regional pride.
Yeah, pretty much. Now, everybody sits around the table. The Board of Governors are political appointees, and they're at the Washington, D.C. Fed. And then 12 of the 19 people around the table are from the 12 Reserve Banks. The Chicago District's kind of heart of the Midwest. It's most all of Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan. I feel a little regional pride.
Yeah, pretty much. Now, everybody sits around the table. The Board of Governors are political appointees, and they're at the Washington, D.C. Fed. And then 12 of the 19 people around the table are from the 12 Reserve Banks. The Chicago District's kind of heart of the Midwest. It's most all of Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan. I feel a little regional pride.
The head of the Atlanta Federal Reserve is Rafael Bostic. He's an old friend of mine. He was, in fact, the guy that... Yeah, but he's not here, man. Say something. I was applying for the job. Actually, he's the first guy I called. I said, what do you do all day? Tell me about this job. I try, when I go to make my statement...
The head of the Atlanta Federal Reserve is Rafael Bostic. He's an old friend of mine. He was, in fact, the guy that... Yeah, but he's not here, man. Say something. I was applying for the job. Actually, he's the first guy I called. I said, what do you do all day? Tell me about this job. I try, when I go to make my statement...
The head of the Atlanta Federal Reserve is Rafael Bostic. He's an old friend of mine. He was, in fact, the guy that... Yeah, but he's not here, man. Say something. I was applying for the job. Actually, he's the first guy I called. I said, what do you do all day? Tell me about this job. I try, when I go to make my statement...
I try every meeting to come with some receipts about why we're the greatest district in America. Like that something on the order of 90% of the pumpkins grown in America are grown within a 100-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois. And that's insane. So if we have a meeting around Halloween, you bet I'm trotting that one out. And I'll still try that.
I try every meeting to come with some receipts about why we're the greatest district in America. Like that something on the order of 90% of the pumpkins grown in America are grown within a 100-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois. And that's insane. So if we have a meeting around Halloween, you bet I'm trotting that one out. And I'll still try that.
I try every meeting to come with some receipts about why we're the greatest district in America. Like that something on the order of 90% of the pumpkins grown in America are grown within a 100-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois. And that's insane. So if we have a meeting around Halloween, you bet I'm trotting that one out. And I'll still try that.
I have no problem with that. Can I ask a personal question?
I have no problem with that. Can I ask a personal question?
I have no problem with that. Can I ask a personal question?
And my Aunt Trina's lasagna.
And my Aunt Trina's lasagna.