{"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":"Why the Fed Is Watching the Services Sector for Inflation Clues","slug":"why-the-fed-is-watching-the-services-sector-for-inflation-clues","published_at":"2026-07-16T05:43:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-reserve-podcast-with-fexingo-interest-rates-fomc-meetings-and-monetary-policy-7871696/why-the-fed-is-watching-the-services-sector-for-inflation-clues","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-0117.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/episode-0117.mp3","summary":"Episode 117 of The Federal Reserve Podcast dives into a key inflation signal the Fed is monitoring closely: services-sector pricing power. With the June CPI coming in at 3.5% annually, down from 3.8% in May, the headline number looks good. But Lucas and Luna explain why core services excluding housing — the so-called 'supercore' — remains sticky around 4.2%, driven by labor-intensive industries like healthcare, hospitality, and auto repair. They reference fresh data from the Atlanta Fed's Wage Growth Tracker and a new Fed research paper on firms' pricing behavior. The hosts also discuss how the World Cup boost to bars and restaurants, noted in the Fed's Beige Book, might complicate the inflation outlook. If you want to understand why the Fed is not declaring victory yet, this episode lays it out with concrete numbers and clear logic. #FederalReserve #Inflation #ServicesSector #SupercoreInflation #CPI #MonetaryPolicy #FOMC #WageGrowth #AtlantaFed #BeigeBook #WorldCupEffect #Hospitality #Healthcare #AutoRepair #PricingPower #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 117 of The Federal Reserve Podcast dives into a key inflation signal the Fed is monitoring closely: services-sector pricing power. With the June C…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":286,"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/why-the-fed-is-watching-the-services-sector-for-inflation-clues/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/why-the-fed-is-watching-the-services-sector-for-inflation-clues.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}