{"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":"What Falling Core PCE Tells Us About the Fed Rate Path","slug":"what-falling-core-pce-tells-us-about-the-fed-rate-path","published_at":"2026-07-15T05:38:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696/what-falling-core-pce-tells-us-about-the-fed-rate-path","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-0115.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/episode-0115.mp3","summary":"The June CPI data landed softer than expected, but the Fed's preferred inflation gauge—core PCE—is still running hot. Lucas and Luna dig into the divergence between CPI and PCE, explaining why the Fed trusts the latter more, and what the latest 2.25% breakeven rate signals about market expectations. They connect the dots to the yield curve, the Fed funds rate stuck at 3.63%, and what it all means for the odds of a September cut. Plus, a candid moment about how listener support keeps the podcast ad-free. #FederalReserve #MonetaryPolicy #Inflation #PCE #CPI #CorePCE #InterestRates #FedFundsRate #BreakevenRate #YieldCurve #Economics #FOMC #LucasAndLuna #Podcast #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #FinancialEducation #MacroEconomics Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"The June CPI data landed softer than expected, but the Fed's preferred inflation gauge—core PCE—is still running hot. Lucas and Luna dig into the divergen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":444,"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/what-falling-core-pce-tells-us-about-the-fed-rate-path/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/what-falling-core-pce-tells-us-about-the-fed-rate-path.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}