{"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 Wholesale Prices Deflate","slug":"why-the-fed-is-watching-wholesale-prices-deflate","published_at":"2026-07-16T17:46:27+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-wholesale-prices-deflate","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-0118.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-federal-reserve-podcast/episode-0118.mp3","summary":"Episode 118 of The Federal Reserve Podcast explores why the Fed is closely monitoring the unexpected decline in wholesale prices. Lucas and Luna discuss the 0.3% drop in the Producer Price Index for June 2026, driven by a sharp fall in gasoline prices, and what this signals for future Fed rate decisions. They connect this to the latest CPI data showing 3.5% annual inflation, and examine how disinflation in the pipeline could ease pressure on the Fed, even as geopolitical risks and services inflation linger. Using specific numbers and real-time economic indicators, they break down why wholesale deflation might be the most important Fed signal right now. #FederalReserve #Inflation #WholesalePrices #PPI #CPI #MonetaryPolicy #InterestRates #FOMC #Economics #Business #Finance #Disinflation #GasolinePrices #CoreCPI #TenYearBreakeven #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #EconomicData Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 118 of The Federal Reserve Podcast explores why the Fed is closely monitoring the unexpected decline in wholesale prices. Lucas and Luna discuss t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":302,"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-wholesale-prices-deflate/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-wholesale-prices-deflate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}