{"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 Worries About When Households Get Nervous","slug":"what-the-fed-worries-about-when-households-get-nervous","published_at":"2026-06-08T17:37:53+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-worries-about-when-households-get-nervous","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-0039.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/episode-0039.mp3","summary":"On this episode of The Federal Reserve Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna break down the New York Fed's latest Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows household financial worries at their highest since July 2022. They connect the anxiety to the consumer spending data the Fed is watching—and why even strong jobs numbers may not be enough to keep confidence from cracking. Lucas explains the concept of 'precautionary saving' and why a sudden pullback in spending is the one risk that could make the Fed cut rates faster than anyone expects. The conversation is grounded in the latest 10-year breakeven inflation rate of 2.36 percent and the Fed funds rate at 3.63 percent. A tight, specific look at the soft data the FOMC is now reading alongside the hard numbers. #FederalReserve #ConsumerConfidence #NewYorkFed #HouseholdFinances #InflationExpectations #MonetaryPolicy #FOMC #InterestRates #PrecautionarySaving #ConsumerSpending #EconomicOutlook #SoftData #BreakevenInflation #SurveyData #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #FedWatch Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"On this episode of The Federal Reserve Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna break down the New York Fed's latest Survey of Consumer Expectations, which sh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":501,"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-worries-about-when-households-get-nervous/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-worries-about-when-households-get-nervous.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}