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- ↑ "Center for Financial Studies : Thomas Mayer". Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- ↑ "Deutsche Bank's Thomas Mayer Succeeds Walter as Chief Economist". Bloomberg. November 26, 2009.
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