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How Central Banks Target Interest Rates
We dissect the Federal Reserve's modern operating framework, focusing on why the Fed Funds Rate is no longer a scarce resource but a corridor managed by abundant reserves. We look at the specific mechanics of the Overnight Reverse Repurchase Agreement facility and how it acts as a hard floor for short-term rates. This episode explains why the era of quantity-based control ended in 2008 and how today's policy relies on price signals rather than balance sheet contraction. We examine the role of the Discount Window as a penalty rate and discuss why the current system requires trillions…
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