{"podcast":{"title":"The Invisible Hand","slug":"the-invisible-hand-7719857","podcast_index_feed_id":7719857,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN6867737009","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ecd55da6-0690-11f1-8a35-87d682d10069/image/bd2556a194f47efd83996cc639d08bec.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Emma Reid","episode_count":232,"summary":"Economics isn't boring when Emma Reid explains it. This former Wall Street finance analyst quit her corporate job after watching too many people get scammed by get-rich-quick schemes, including her own father who almost lost his retirement to a pyramid scheme. Now she breaks down everything from inflation to interest rates using stories from her small-town grocery store and her neighbor's questionable crypto investments. Every day, Emma takes one economic concept and makes it make sense. Monday might be why gas prices actually work the way they do. Tuesday could be the real reason your mortgage rate just jumped. She's not trying to make you an economist, just someone who can spot financial BS from a mile away and make smarter money decisions. You'll get the kind of economic education they should have taught you in high school but didn't. No textbook jargon, no boring theory, just practical knowledge you can use when your bank tries to sell you a new credit card or your brother-in-law pitches his latest investment idea. Follow now for daily episodes that actually explain how money and markets really work. New episodes every day—follow now!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T16:18:06.182989+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-invisible-hand-7719857"},"episode":{"title":"Jerome Powell's $2 Trillion Problem: Why The Fed Won't Fix Inflation Tomorrow","slug":"jerome-powell-s-2-trillion-problem-why-the-fed-won-t-fix-inflation-tomorrow","published_at":"2026-07-22T05:51:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-invisible-hand-7719857/jerome-powell-s-2-trillion-problem-why-the-fed-won-t-fix-inflation-tomorrow","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-invisible-hand-7719857","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN4396897494.mp3?updated=1776261375","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN4396897494.mp3?updated=1776261375","summary":"Jerome Powell has tools sitting in his desk drawer that could stop inflation in about six months. But if he used them tomorrow, your house would be worth 30% less by Christmas. Emma Reid breaks down the Fed's impossible choice between stopping inflation fast and keeping the economy from completely imploding. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • Why the Fed's fastest rate hike cycle since the 1980s still isn't enough to kill inflation quickly • The real reason housing prices are 2-3 times more sensitive to Fed policy than anything else in your budget • What would actually happen if Powell dumped all $7 trillion in Fed securities at once (spoiler: it's not pretty) • Why the Paul Volcker playbook from 1980 required 20% interest rates and 10% unemployment to work 👤 Perfect for: anyone wondering why the Fed seems to be moving so slowly when inflation is eating their paycheck every month. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Emma Reid explains the Fed's nuclear option nobody talks about [01:30] Why raising rates to 5% was just the warmup act [04:00] The housing market math that keeps Powell up at night [07:00] What dumping $7 trillion in bonds would do to your mortgage [10:00] The 1980s inflation fight and why we can't just copy it [12:00] Three things to watch that signal what the Fed will actually do next The Fed could fix inflation tomorrow. The question is whether any of us could survive the cure. Emma connects the dots between monetary policy and your monthly budget in ways that actually make sense. 🔔 Never miss an episode: Follow The Invisible Hand on Spotify and Apple Podcasts for daily economics that doesn't require a PhD to understand. New episodes drop every day, your next financial aha moment is one tap away. 🔍 Topics: Federal Reserve policy, inflation solutions, interest rates, housing market,…","meta_description":"Jerome Powell has tools sitting in his desk drawer that could stop inflation in about six months. 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