PE56: Austrian Business Cycle Theory & Practice (XI)

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This is the fifty-sixth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast.

Contents
00:00 Intro
01:10 Fed Funds target rate
04:14 Fed Funds effective rate
05:29 Interest on bank reserves
08:40 US 1 year T-bill
09:13 US 2 year T-note
10:08 US 3 year T-note
10:35 US 5 year T-note
10:40 US 10 year T-note
11:00 US 20 year T-bond
11:20 US 30 year T-bond
12:44 Austrian Business Cycle Theory
16:20 Central bank planning board policy rates
18:55 Policy rates exacerbate booms and busts
20:20 Inverted yield curve means recession
22:00 Pretence of knowledge

Here we look at the Federal Reserve policy rates, versus the market rate for US government securities. We use this backdrop to describe the basic Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle, and how the central bank exacerbates booms and busts.

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