{"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 the Fed Makes of the Household Financial Anxiety Spike","slug":"what-the-fed-makes-of-the-household-financial-anxiety-spike","published_at":"2026-06-10T05:29:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696/what-the-fed-makes-of-the-household-financial-anxiety-spike","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-0042.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/episode-0042.mp3","summary":"The New York Fed's Survey of Consumer Expectations dropped last week showing household financial worries at their highest since July 2022. Lucas and Luna dig into the numbers: the share of households expecting to be worse off a year from now, the spike in perceived difficulty accessing credit, and what these soft sentiment readings mean for the Federal Reserve's policy path heading into the June FOMC meeting. They connect the survey data to the recent ADP jobs report showing 122,000 private payrolls added in May, and explore why the Fed might care more about consumer mood right now than a still-tight labor market. A focused look at the sentiment-policy loop, anchored in the June 10, 2026 market and data environment. #FederalReserve #MonetaryPolicy #HouseholdDebt #ConsumerSentiment #NewYorkFed #SCE #InflationExpectations #CreditConditions #ADP #JobsReport #FOMC #InterestRates #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Policy #Sentiment #Anxiety Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"The New York Fed's Survey of Consumer Expectations dropped last week showing household financial worries at their highest since July 2022. Lucas and Luna…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":646,"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-the-fed-makes-of-the-household-financial-anxiety-spike/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-the-fed-makes-of-the-household-financial-anxiety-spike.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}