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Summary: In these podcasts, economists and others with expertise in their fields talk about issues in the news, their research, popular products and services of the St. Louis Fed.
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- Artist: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Copyright: 2017
Podcasts:
How do monetary policy and fiscal policy differ? What can (and can’t) monetary policy do? In the first segment of this three-part podcast, St. Louis Fed economist David Wheelock answers these questions and discusses how monetary policy affects us all.
Key monetary policy variables, such as employment and inflation, are covered by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis economist David Wheelock in the second of this three-part podcast. He explains, for example, why the Fed targets an inflation rate of 2 percent and not 0 percent.
St. Louis Fed economist David Wheelock discusses how the current low-interest rate environment affects borrowers and savers in this economy. This is the last of a three-part podcast on the basics of monetary policy.
In this podcast, our economic education officer, Mary Suiter, talks about our mission to get people of all ages to learn about basic economics and how to handle personal finances. Such efforts are aimed at not only helping the individual but the economy as a whole. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is a leader in this sort of literacy campaign.
St. Louis Fed Economist Max Dvorkin talks about his research into the impact of Chinese imports on U.S. jobs during the period 2000-07, a time when those imports were surging. In all, 800,000 manufacturing jobs in the U.S. were lost because of these imports, Dvorkin found. On the flip side, a like number of jobs were created in different sectors. Who won? Who lost? What’s left to learn?
