New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is a former board member of the Boston Fed.

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Mr. Evans will easily fill the shoes of Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, a consistent dove in 2010 who moves off the voting rotation.

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As my colleague Ylan Mui reported earlier, this is partly why Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren worries that our cyclical unemployment problems could become structural and long-lasting.

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