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  2. Monetary policy - Wikipedia

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    Monetary policy is often referred to as being either expansionary (stimulating economic activity and consequently employment and inflation) or contractionary (dampening economic activity, hence decreasing employment and inflation). Monetary policy affects the economy through financial channels like interest rates, exchange rates and prices of ...

  3. Economists say the Fed is bracing for ‘Trump 2.0’ and a ...

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    While the Fed’s widely expected cut was a continuation of its goal to continue to keep inflation around 2% and maintain ... the Fed’s pushback on his desire for an expansionary monetary policy.

  4. 'Blinders on' but be prepared: In 2016, Fed took note of ...

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    Inflation was a central issue in Trump's campaign against Harris, but he now faces the tricky task of delivering on a set of expansionary promises in an economy that is running close to or perhaps ...

  5. Inflation - Wikipedia

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    Changes in inflation are widely attributed to fluctuations in real demand for goods and services (also known as demand shocks, including changes in fiscal or monetary policy), changes in available supplies such as during energy crises (also known as supply shocks), or changes in inflation expectations, which may be self-fulfilling. [10]

  6. Monetary policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The monetary policy of the United States is the set of policies which the Federal Reserve follows to achieve its twin objectives of high employment and stable inflation. [1] The US central bank, The Federal Reserve System, colloquially known as "The Fed", was created in 1913 by the Federal Reserve Act as the monetary authority of the United States.

  7. Here’s why Donald Trump’s election win could mean fewer Fed ...

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    “The delay in the inflationary implications from tariffs and expansionary fiscal policy allows the Fed to continue to cut interest rates into 2026, as the central bank still needs to recalibrate ...

  8. Fed’s interest rate history: The federal funds rate from 1981 ...

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    Just how officials spent the 1990s worried about inflation, the Fed probably spent the early 2020s fearing too-low inflation, says Scott Sumner, monetary policy chair emeritus at George Mason ...

  9. 2021–2023 inflation surge - Wikipedia

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    Inflation hit past 100% in February 2023 for the first time since 1991. [197] [198] Argentina's December 2023 annual inflation was the highest in the world at 211.4%. [199] Chile had low inflation for several years thanks to the monetary policy of its autonomous central bank.