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Explaining Macroeconomics, The Fed, Interest Rates and Valuations (with Matt McBrady)

2021/8/16
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Matt McBrady解释了货币供应量(M1和M2)的概念,并阐述了其与通货膨胀和GDP之间的关系。他指出,由于经济的深刻变化,这种关系在2000年左右开始瓦解。他进一步解释了现代银行更像是一个证券化机器,而不是传统的贷款机构,这改变了货币政策的有效性。他还回顾了美联储的历史,解释了其最初的目的是为了防止银行恐慌,以及其如何通过控制利率和进行公开市场操作来影响货币供应量。他详细解释了量化宽松(QE)政策的机制,以及其对资产价格和经济增长的影响。他还讨论了现代货币理论(MMT)及其与财政政策的关系。最后,他分析了美联储持有大量资产的利弊,并探讨了未来货币政策可能面临的挑战。 Ben和David与Matt McBrady就宏观经济学、美联储、利率和估值等问题进行了深入探讨,并就相关问题提出了自己的见解和疑问。他们讨论了美联储的政策对科技公司估值的影响,以及如何理解和应对当前的经济形势。

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The episode begins with a discussion on the money supply, defined by M1 and M2, and how an increase in money supply historically led to inflation due to the doubling of purchasing power without a corresponding increase in goods and services.

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Confused about everything going on with The Fed, inflation and how it affects tech and startup valuations? Or why it seems like every Jerome Powell comment brings out an army of finance's equivalent of fortune tellers and tarot card readers? So were we, so we called up the best person we know to explain everything -- Matt McBrady. Matt may be the only person who's been an academic economist, worked at the US Treasury, run a massive hedge fund AND helped start and sit on the board of two very successful startups, aQuantive and Axon/TASER. Tune in for a crash course in everything you need to know!

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