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- ↑ Clement, Douglas. "Interview with Hilary Hoynes | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis". www.minneapolisfed.org. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ↑ Ramesh, Brett Fischer, Hilary Hoynes, Karla Palos, Aparna (October 26, 2022). "How the Expanded Child Tax Credit Helped California Families". California Policy Lab. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Hilary Hoynes | The Hamilton Project". www.hamiltonproject.org. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Hilary Hoynes Appointed to the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking". U.C. Berkeley Opportunity Lab. August 25, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
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