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The Federal Reserve is tightening their belt. With inflation skyrocketing, Jerome Powell is transitioning their focus from growth to fighting inflation. Here is exactly what’s going on!
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Inflation is driven by three primary factors, supply of goods, supply of money, and number of transactions. The Federal Reserve has put it’s thumb on the scale to push consumption. They are achieving this by printing and distributing money and tanking interest rates to make spending a more appealing option than saving. Here is the debate over how to tweak these systems to address inflation.
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The Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just announced his new Monetary Policy plan at the Central Bank’s yearly Jackson Hole Summit. This new strategy relaxes inflation controls and focuses more on boosting inflation. Here’s exactly what’s happening!
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The Federal Reserve just cut the Federal Funds Rate for a third time this year. This, they insist, will be the last time they adjust this rate for the foreseeable future. This is exactly what the fed just announced and the thinking behind it.
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For the first time in ten years the Federal Reserve dropped the key interest rate. Some people are suspicious because lowering this rate is generally associated with a stimulus strategy in an ailing economy. This episode looks at the potential reasons this was done including copying a strategy employed by Alan Greenspan to buoy the economy in the mid nineties, a strategy to slightly raise inflation, and a strategy to alleviate trade war pressures.
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