# Fed Raises Interest Rate for First Time in 3 Years Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-with-paul-w-smith-1086819/fed-raises-interest-rate-for-first-time-in-3-years Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-with-paul-w-smith-1086819/fed-raises-interest-rate-for-first-time-in-3-years.md Podcast: [Focus with Paul W. Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-with-paul-w-smith-1086819) Published: 2026-09-17T18:22:13+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/focus-with-paul-w-smith/id707508884 Audio file: https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/d7ec6dbc-fe42-45bd-ba58-7fa6a90dd397/episodes/c08fb75d-3b3d-4c17-a328-e42ae7bd9618/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d7ec6dbc-fe42-45bd-ba58-7fa6a90dd397&awEpisodeId=c08fb75d-3b3d-4c17-a328-e42ae7bd9618&feed=mj_qRiQa Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/focus-with-paul-w-smith-1086819/episodes/fed-raises-interest-rate-for-first-time-in-3-years Duration seconds: 395 ## Resource September 17, 2026 ~ Dr. Tim Nash, Senior Vice President, Emeritus; Director, The Northwood University Center for the Advancement of Freedom, Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, fed raises interest rates for the first time in 3 years. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/focus-with-paul-w-smith-1086819/episodes/fed-raises-interest-rate-for-first-time-in-3-years/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-with-paul-w-smith-1086819/fed-raises-interest-rate-for-first-time-in-3-years.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.