Bob McTeer

What economic stimulus steps will the Fed take?

Does the Fed have any significant tools left to stimulate the economy? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to say that the Fed's actions may not be growing the economy, but it has kept it from sinking lower.

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Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to report on a little-known part of the Federal Reserve Act – Section 13.3 – which allows the Fed to help small businesses directly as a “lender of last resort” during emergency periods.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the long list of emergencies the Fed has dealt with in the past 20+ years to maintain economic and monetary stability as it deals with the coronavirus pandemic.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the job that Chairman Yellen has done leading the Fed, and to predict that she will likely be replaced when her term is up.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the unprecedented size of the Fed balance sheet and whether it’s time to begin liquidating it.
Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to agree that the FOMC will likely raise rates a quarter point during the June meeting, and why the current conditions justify this step.