In the very short term, that's true. In the medium-to-long term, they're kind of the same thing. Fiscal and monetary policy are handled by independent bodies, b

In the very short term, that's true. In the medium-to-long term, they're kind of the same thing. Fiscal and monetary policy are handled by independent bodies, but they're not entirely uncoordinated. They're both different hands of the same overarching body too: the US government.