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Right now, Michael McKee with an important interview.

Michael, this begins your coverage it does indeed the

Jackson whole economic symposium kicks off tonight at Jackson Lake

Lodge outside of the town of Moran, about 30 miles north of Jackson. Esther George is the president of the Kansas City Fed.

She is the host of the conference. She's also a voting member of the Open Market Committee. We sat down yesterday and we began with

monetary policy. Let's get into monetary policy right away because that's what everybody

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