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Think economic growth could be faster? Think you can do monetary policy better than US Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen? Then try “Chair the Fed,” a new online game that challenges your ability to manage an economy.The game puts your hand on the interest rate lever and tests how effective you would be managing unemployment and inflation — and whether, as former Fed chair William McChesney Martin once said of the Fed’s central duty as a spoiler, you are ready to remove the punch bowl just as the party gets going.The game was put online as a tool for economics and other students by the Fed’s San Francisco branch, available at www.frbsf.org/education/teacher-resources/chair-federal-reserve-economy-simulation-game.“Our hope is that the ‘Chair the Fed’ game will inspire students of all ages to take an interest in monetary policy and its role in the US economy,” said Jody Hoff, director of education and outreach at the San Francisco Fed.