Federal Reserve Actions in Election Years: From Nixon to Now with Former Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker
On this episode: How the Fed weighs the timing of its moves, how past chairs from William McChesney Martin to Alan Greenspan navigated their relationships with presidents and Congress, what happened when the Fed raised rates ahead of the 1978 and 2022 midterms, what Fed independence looks like in practice, and the long-term challenge of bringing inflation back to the Fed’s 2% target.
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