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Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act

The Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act passed in 1978 gave the US government the goal to provide full employment. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board must give testimony to Congress reporting on the state of the economy.

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