{"podcast":{"title":"The Federal Reserve Podcast with Fexingo: Interest Rates, FOMC Meetings, and Monetary Policy","slug":"the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696","podcast_index_feed_id":7871696,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":121,"summary":"Lucas and Luna dissect the Federal Reserve's every move—from FOMC rate decisions and dot-plot projections to the arcane mechanics of open market operations. Each episode opens with a live data snapshot: the current fed funds rate, Treasury yield curve slope, and the latest reading on the Fed's preferred inflation gauge (PCE). Then they argue over what the data actually means. Should the market price in a cut? Is QT about to end? Why did one regional Fed president break with the consensus? The conversation is calibrated for the listener who already knows the difference between IOER and ON RRP and wants to hear two incisive analysts—not pundits—wrestle with the nuances. Lucas brings the journalist's instinct for what matters to Main Street; Luna pushes back with the macro quant's obsession with regime odds. Together they walk the line between monetary theory and the real-world bets that portfolio managers, corporate treasurers, and independent investors are making this week. No helicopter economics. No 'Fed will save us' cheerleading. Just a clear-eyed, numbers-driven interrogation of the central bank that moves every market. By the end, you'll have a sharper framework for interpret…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T12:19:18.798932+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696"},"episode":{"title":"The Fed Is Watching Wholesale Prices Deflate","slug":"the-fed-is-watching-wholesale-prices-deflate","published_at":"2026-07-15T17:54:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696/the-fed-is-watching-wholesale-prices-deflate","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/episode-0116.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/episode-0116.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Federal Reserve Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine why the Fed is paying close attention to the unexpected 0.3% decline in wholesale prices for June 2026. With consumer inflation cooling to 3.5% and the 10-year breakeven rate dipping to 2.25%, the hosts explore whether deflationary pressures in producer prices could signal a faster path to rate cuts. They discuss the implications for the Fed's dual mandate, the risk of overreacting to volatile energy components, and how the PCE price index—which weights producer inputs differently—might confirm the trend. A focused look at one data point and its ripple effects on monetary policy. #FederalReserve #MonetaryPolicy #WholesalePrices #PPI #Inflation #Deflation #InterestRates #FOMC #CPI #PCE #BreakevenRate #EnergyPrices #Gasoline #EconomicData #RateCuts #CentralBanking #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In this episode of The Federal Reserve Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine why the Fed is paying close attention to the unexpected 0.3% decline in wholesale p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":485,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696/episodes/the-fed-is-watching-wholesale-prices-deflate/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696/the-fed-is-watching-wholesale-prices-deflate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}