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TIL the Federal Bank's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium was first held in 1981 at Jackson Hole, WY, which is known for outdoor recreation. This area was chosen to convince then-Fed Chair Paul Volcker, an avid fly-fishman, to come speak.

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