Video: Is Fed Credibility on the Line?

09/22/2015 Mises Wire Ryan McMaken

In this video, Ron Paul and Paul-Martin Foss discuss monetary policy and last week’s FOMC actions, or lack thereof. Topics include:

The effect of monetary policy on prices in the economy.
The likelihood of the Fed decreasing its balance sheet.
The likelihood of increasing rates in the near future.
How Fed actions distort the economy.
How the credibility of the Fed is endangered by its apparent lack of a plan.

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