Central Banks, Inflation & Interest Rates - Cutting Through the Confusion

Season 5, Episode 25: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl focuses on the Fed & interest rates.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 5, Episode 25 (7:43 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about the conversation of the Fed, the central bank, interest rates, and why it’s all misunderstood.

• What role were central banks created to fulfill that politicians avoid?  
• What does artificial inflation mean? 
• How can we control inflation?    
• Central banks do the dirty work – why?
• Threat of inflation – when will we see this accelerate?      
• What signs are we seeing that the economy is slowing down?
• Does this slowdown help with the holiday season coming up?
• Hawks & doves – what is the difference?     
• If the economy substantially slows down, will there be a JUMBO rate cut?     
• With job creation declining – will that indicate a rate cut?
• Why is the central bank such a complicated organization?

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