Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, January 29, 2015
Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
This lesson utilizes the January 28, 2015, statement of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to explore the Federal Reserve's twin goals of price stability and full employment. This lesson discusses the relationship between interest rates and stock prices, the role of uncertainty in markets, and the ambiguity in the signals from the FOMC statement.
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