How Central Banks Use Forward Guidance To Manage Expectations

Monetary Policy Explained with Fexingo: Central Banks, Money Supply, and Interest Rates · Oct 10, 2026 · 12m · transcript

Most people think interest rates are set in a vacuum, but central banks spend as much time managing expectations as they do setting the actual numbers. In this episode, we look at forward guidance — the art of telling the market where rates are going before they get there. We break down how the Federal Reserve used explicit language to anchor inflation expectations during the pandemic and why that playbook is harder to execute when uncertainty rises. You will learn why a central bank chief’s choice of words can move bond yields more than the policy decision itself, and what happens when those…