# Ep. 137: The Fed's Reverse Repos Solve Two Puzzles of Monetary Policy

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Podcast: [InFi: the Future of Finance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/infi-the-future-of-finance-6015611)
Published: 2026-05-15T19:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1340

## Resource

Bob draws on the work of Robert Aro to show how the Fed's massive reverse repo operations explain (a) why consumer price inflation wasn't worse after Covid and (b) why the Fed's tightening hasn't yet led to a market crash. Related: - https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/robert-aro-feds-reverse-repo-trick - https://infineo.ai/podcast/71 Watch the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/AZkKEYa3O0g Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infineogroup Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/infineogroup Learn more about Infineo at: https://www.infineo.io Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com

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