“I Have Bills to Pay,” Or Why the Fed Really Cut Interest Rates

Tags: The Fed, Financial Markets, Inflation, Monetary Policy

10/18/2024 Jane L. Johnson

What if we could have eavesdropped on a conversation between Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen? It might have gone as follows....

Original article: “I Have Bills to Pay,” Or Why the Fed Really Cut Interest Rates

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