What Does the Federal Reserve Do?

The Federal Reserve, or the Fed, is an important and influential part of the U.S. economy. But what exactly does it do? In this video, our education coach gives you a simple explanation.


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[jherc]

As always, very informative and and easy to understand. Thanks Cameron... Aloha, J

[AutoGibbon]

Stop talking about inflation as though it were some ethereal concept that manifests itself upon the general populous.

[charlieneath]

I’m a trader of 2 years and it’s always nice to re jog the memory sometimes thank you 🤝🏾

[SuperSoldier]

#1 the Fed does not “control” the money supply. the money supply expands and contracts every day through bank lending

#2 the reserve requirement does not constrain bank lending because banks can always get reserves (at some cost). temporarily going below the reserve requirement doesn’t trigger any alarm bells

[edwardmclaughlin]

All sounds so wholesome. If the Fed' has these tools, and if they know how to use these tools in order to best serve the economy, then how come the economy is buggered to an unprecedented degree?
Why also, is inflation described here as the consequential symptom of price rises, with no mention whatever of the money creation that is the real cause of inflation?

[NOWTHATSWHATICALLANGST]

If the federal reserve makes the money- that’s basically a product. If this is a capitalist society- there should be other “distributors” of money like products that can also be used. So the federal reserve is a monopolistic “money” making machine and that goes against the free market principles of capitalism…

[AP-lwrw]

hate missing the fomc meetings. that's how you miss trading opportunities.

[qgwueirbtbyo]

Sometimes maybe it's a consumer problem, poor saving habits and more spending. Decreased short term lending rate should only be just that short term, in order to help your life get back up. Not borrow money and SPEND em on liabilities/unnecessary things.

[oltlvfm]

Why are all things cheaper today versus a decade ago when priced from the bitcoin system? As opposed to pricing everything from the traditional fiat system?

Was the fiat inflationary system a criminal design? Who actually owns this centrally controlled fiat system?

[JokerLover]

Watching this from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[PraiseGodalmightyforheisgood]

A few tools to influence the economy!😂😂😂 a few!!!

[Statistic]

Why isn’t this a us citezens decision? And why isn’t there people defending the economy

[jrogers]

We don’t want the banks to loose a lot of money so I guess we will just pay ridiculous amounts of money on goods and Why do we care if we can’t afford rent and

[danr]

I wish People in America didn't believe the Economy is run by President.. makes my head spin I hear it every day..

[ianoliano]

The warriors could miss the playoffs and he would still say the league needs to watch out for them