Monetary Policy

Why Does the Fed Set Rates, Anyway?

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"Fed Boosts Benchmark Interest Rate" Every now and again we read a headline like that in the nation's newspapers. And just last week, the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate a quarter point to prevent, so it says, the reappearance of inflation. Here's the reasoning: consumer demand is ... [click for more]
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