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> Its far more concerning to remember that the US Federal Reserve cannot combat this round of inflation using the prime interest rate, as it never fully abandon
by throw0101a 5y ago
> Its far more concerning to remember that the US Federal Reserve cannot combat this round of inflation using the prime interest rate, as it never fully abandoned QE or Quantitative Easing from 2008.
The Fed stopped buying in 2014, held the assets for a few years, and they started going away in 2018:
* https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL
* https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TREAST https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TREAST