When the Federal Reserve’s three basic monetary policy tools did not work, it created quantitative easing to up economic growth and decrease unemployment.
Below, just a reminder of one piece of the Great Recession before looking at the Fed transcripts. Lehman Brothers is the orange line. With a typical 5-year lag, the transcripts of the 2008 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings…
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