Inside the Federal Reserve Part Two
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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🗓️ 11 June 2023
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Summary
Did the Federal Reserve fail to recognize what would happen in an extended low interest rate environment? Here's a clip from our recent chat with Jeanna Smialek who writes about the Federal Reserve and the economy for The New York Times. Want more of Jill and Jeanna? Subscribe to Jill on Money LIVE to watch the full chat.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. |
| 0:05.4 | It is Sunday, June 11th. |
| 0:07.6 | And today we are airing a second part of our special video interview with Gina Smilak. |
| 0:14.2 | She is a writer at the New York Times. |
| 0:15.7 | She covers the Federal Reserve and the economy. |
| 0:18.8 | And when we interviewed her, she had just published this great new book about the Federal |
| 0:23.2 | Reserve called Limitless. |
| 0:25.1 | It was a great deep dive into the history of the Federal Reserve and some very funny |
| 0:30.4 | connections that some officials have with Fed officials of the past. |
| 0:35.6 | It was just, I really found it illuminating. |
| 0:38.4 | Again, this is an interview that you can watch in its entirety through our new service |
| 0:43.9 | called Jill on Money Live. |
| 0:45.7 | That's where you have access to quarterly live webinars and special bonus content like |
| 0:50.3 | this interview with Gina Smilak. |
| 0:53.3 | Today, this snippet of our interview really does focus on how the Federal Reserve leaving |
| 1:00.7 | interest rates so low for so long created some bizarre incentives and massive risks in |
| 1:07.6 | the system. |
| 1:08.6 | So here's our interview or part of our interview with Gina Smilak. |
| 1:12.5 | So I'm wondering from your perspective, as you were reporting on the Fed, I know that |
| 1:18.2 | that you have been covering this in the times, that there was a real fear that low interest |
| 1:22.7 | rates for so long created asset bubbles and that when the Fed did finally start raising |
| 1:28.4 | rates last year that there could be unintended consequences. |
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