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How The Fed Destroyed The Functioning American Democracy And Bankrupted The Nation

• zerohedge.com by Chris Hamilton

...it simply attempts to begin a broader dialogue about the financial and economic impacts of allowing the Federal Reserve to direct America's economy.

Against the adamant wishes of the constitutions framers, in 1913 the Federal Reserve System was Congressionally created.  According to the Fed's website, "it was created to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system."  Although parts of the Federal Reserve System share some characteristics with private-sector entities, the Federal Reserve was supposedly established to serve the public interest.

A quick overview; monetary policy is the Federal Reserves actions, as a central bank, to achieve three goals specified by Congress: maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates in the United States.  The Federal Reserve conducts the nation's monetary policy by managing the level of short-term interest rates and influencing the availability and cost of credit in the economy.  Monetary policy directly affects interest rates; it indirectly affects stock prices, wealth, and currency exchange rates.  Through these channels, monetary policy influences spending, investment, production, employment, and inflation in the United States.


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