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As Washington delays stimulus, the Fed appears to be running out of ways to help the actual economy
Federal Reserve officials continue to push Congress to provide more help to the U.S. economy, and with good reason: The central bank is running out of ways it can help. Since key provisions have expired of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act lifeline that Congress extended in March, the Fed again has been relied on as the economy’s key support system. The Fed has kept policy extraordinarily loose, continuing to offer up its lending and market-boosting programs, and now resolving that it won’t raise short-term interest rates likely for years. While no Fed official ever would acknowledge that monetary policy ammunition is ... (full story)
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