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The Fed's Ongoing Diversity Problem

Last week, Raphael Bostic broke a 103-year old trend and became the first black regional-bank president. But the debate over inclusion at the U.S. central bank isn’t going away.
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Well before the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta named Raphael Bostic as its new president last week, for the Fed to use the vacated spot as an opportunity to diversify its ranks. And for good reason: Until then, in the Fed’s 103-year history, there had never been a black or Latino president at any of its 12 regional banks. In fact,

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