The Fed’s rate lever is breaking as bond markets stop following its lead

KEY POINTS

• For decades, the Fed stabilized the economy with one simple tool: interest rates.
• Raise them to cool inflation, and cut them to stimulate growth.
• But after years of massive government borrowing, post-pandemic inflation, and repeated stress inside the Treasury market, that system may no longer work the way Americans exp

For decades, the Fed stabilized the economy with one simple tool: interest rates. Raise them to cool inflation, and cut them to stimulate growth. But after years of massive government borrowing, post-pandemic inflation, and repeated stress inside the Treasury market, that system may no longer work the way Americans exp

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