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PE56: Austrian Business Cycle Theory & Practice (XI)

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2023-04-13

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This is the fifty-sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast.




Contents


00:00 Intro


01:10 Fed Funds target rate


04:14 Fed Funds effective rate


05:29 Interest on bank reserves


08:40 US 1 year T-bill


09:13 US 2 year T-note


10:08 US 3 year T-note


10:35 US 5 year T-note


10:40 US 10 year T-note


11:00 US 20 year T-bond


11:20 US 30 year T-bond


12:44 Austrian Business Cycle Theory


16:20 Central bank planning board policy rates


18:55 Policy rates exacerbate booms and busts


20:20 Inverted yield curve means recession


22:00 Pretence of knowledge




Here we look at the Federal Reserve policy rates, versus the market rate for US government securities. We use this backdrop to describe the basic Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle, and how the central bank exacerbates booms and busts.




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