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The Fed's heightened rates are still way below historic levels

by David Brancaccio and Jarrett Dang
Jun 23, 2022
Trevon Logan, professor of economics at The Ohio State University, says we're looking at a "new normal" for the federal funds rate.
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Odds of a recession rising but vary widely

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 21, 2022
There is a very real chance that the country may end up paying a price for getting inflation under control. That price is recession.
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"We need to act decisively and affirmatively to get inflation under control," says Atlanta Fed president

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jun 17, 2022
Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, on why he supports this week's rate hike.
Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, speaks at an event for the Rotary Club of Atlanta.
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Federal Reserve attacks inflation with its largest rate hike since 1994

by Associated Press
Jun 15, 2022
The central bank is raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point.
With inflation at a 40-year high, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday its highest rate hike since 1994. Above, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at a press conference on May 4.
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Why the Federal Reserve owns mortgage-backed securities — and what it hopes to achieve by offloading them

by Justin Ho
Jun 2, 2022
It all dates back to the financial crisis of 2008-09.
The Fed started letting some of its mortgage bonds expire in 2017. But then the pandemic hit, and the economy needed help again.
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The argument against the Fed creating a central bank digital currency

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Rose Conlon
Jun 2, 2022
“It's hard to find a clear reason to have [a CBDC], and, in fact, there are a lot of reasons not to,” says the Roosevelt Institute’s Chris Hughes.
“It's hard to find a clear reason to have [a CBDC], and, in fact, there are a lot of reasons not to,” said the Roosevelt Institute’s Chris Hughes.
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Reading the Federal Reserve minutes can feel like hours, but Fed watchers still pore over them

by Matt Levin
May 24, 2022
For those who understand Fed lingo, the minutes can hint at divisions or disagreements, and where Fed policy may be headed.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell at a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 4. We'll get the minutes for that meeting Wednesday afternoon. Get your coffee ready.
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As U.S. interest rates rise, China's are headed in the opposite direction

by Justin Ho
May 20, 2022
Here in the U.S., the Fed is trying to cool an overactive economy. In China, the goal is to juice one that's flagging.
As the U.S. economy tries to slow down inflation by raising interest rates, China's central bank is lowering interest rates to spur economic growth.
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Former Chair Ben Bernanke takes long view of Federal Reserve's current challenges

by Kai Ryssdal and Marketplace Staff
May 17, 2022
“I think it's important to look back at history,” said the former leader of the U.S. central bank.
During an interview with Kai Ryssdal of "Marketplace," former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke discussed how the Federal Reserve has dealt with inflation in the past as well as its current approach.
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How looking back at the Fed’s past can help us understand its future

by Ben Bernanke
May 17, 2022
Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's new book charts a history of “remarkable innovation and change.”
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.
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