{"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's Quiet Watch on the UK Economy's Shrinkage","slug":"the-fed-s-quiet-watch-on-the-uk-economy-s-shrinkage","published_at":"2026-06-13T05:27:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696/the-fed-s-quiet-watch-on-the-uk-economy-s-shrinkage","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-0049.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/episode-0049.mp3","summary":"In episode 49 of The Federal Reserve Podcast, Lucas and Luna drill into a single, surprising data point: the UK economy shrank 0.1 percent in April, even as global energy prices surged and the ECB hiked rates for the first time since 2023. They explore why the Fed is quietly watching this—not out of sympathy for Britain, but because UK inflation expectations often lead US ones by about six months. With the US 10-year breakeven inflation rate creeping up to 2.31 percent and the Fed funds rate stuck at 3.62 percent, the hosts ask whether the UK's contraction could be a harbinger of a similar trade-off for the US: higher energy costs leading to slower growth, not just sticky inflation. They reference the latest PPI and CPI prints, the small-cap rally, and the flattening yield curve to question whether the Fed is underreacting to global supply shocks. A fresh, cross-border perspective on what the Fed is actually reading in its morning briefing. #FederalReserve #FOMC #UKEconomy #Inflation #InterestRates #MonetaryPolicy #CoreCPI #BreakevenInflation #GlobalTrade #EnergyShock #ECB #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #CentralBanking #YieldCurve #SmallCaps #SupplyShock Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In episode 49 of The Federal Reserve Podcast, Lucas and Luna drill into a single, surprising data point: the UK economy shrank 0.1 percent in April, even…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":458,"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-s-quiet-watch-on-the-uk-economy-s-shrinkage/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-s-quiet-watch-on-the-uk-economy-s-shrinkage.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}