HR 420 · 96th Congress · Economics and Public Finance
A bill to provide for steady, noninflationary growth in the money supply.
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.(1979-01-15)
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Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require that the time, character, and volume of all purchases and sales of paper eligible for open-market operations be governed with a view to: (1) maintaining a constant general level of domestic prices; (2) avoiding destabilizing changes in total purchasing power; and (3) fostering a steady growth in the aggregate of demand deposits and currency in circulation approximately equal to the long-run growth in real national product.…
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