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Has the Fed ever met its 2 goals?

2024/8/7
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The Federal Reserve's dual mandate of ensuring stable prices and maximum employment is examined, with historical examples showing periods where the Fed achieved these goals.

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Since the 1970s, the Federal Reserve has been officially tasked with a dual mandate: keeping prices stable and maximizing employment. But has the Fed ever found that sweet spot? It would be easier to answer if the economy wasn’t always in flux. Also: Disney’s streaming service posts its first profit, what we can learn from women entrepreneurs of the 19th century, and noise from a bitcoin mine haunts people in a rural Texas town.