Tuesday, June 3, 2014

PART I: HOW THE FEDERAL RESERVE WORKS

Have you ever wanted to know how, since 2008, the Federal Reserve has been able to dump a never ending stream of money into the bottomless pit we call Wall Street? Have you ever wanted a "Quantitative Easing for Dummies" explanation? More simply, do you want to know how the Federal Reserve works?

Over the next few days I'll provide an overly simplified review of the Federal Reserve, it's history, and how it works. A 'Fed Starter Kit' of sorts.

For today, this sums up how the Federal Reserve has been operating since 2008 ...


Sure, the devil is in the details. But now you have a conceptual understanding of how the Federal Reserve works.

Tomorrow I'll post something a little more detailed about the Federal Reserve, and its history.

- Mark

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