The Federal Reserve’s Unresolved Questions

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🗓️ 16 December 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

With the Federal Reserve likely to raise interest rates at this week’s FOMC meeting, another step will be have been taken in the Fed’s “Normalization” plan. The Fed will, however, enter 2018 facing many more issues. Tate Lacey comments.

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1:02.0	I'm Caleb Brown.
1:03.4	The Federal Reserve has many unresolved questions
1:06.1	about its policies and its personnel
1:08.0	as we approach 2018.
1:10.3	Tate Lacey, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, sat down with me for a live Cato Connect's presentation yesterday,
1:16.4	where we discussed the Fed, its newfound policy tools, Bitcoin,
1:20.4	and where monetary policy should be headed.
1:24.0	Well, the biggest news is that Governor Powell, now Governor Powell is the chair nominee Powell,
1:31.1	and he is likely to be confirmed he was the president's pick to see
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