
“What’s Driving the Neutral Real Rate?" After years of near zero short-term interest rates—and real (inflation-adjusted) interest rates substantially below zero--, the Federal Reserve has begun to slowly raise the federal funds policy rate. Financial markets expect the Fed to continue raising the fed funds rate over the next few years, slowly erasing the accommodative monetary policy that has been in place since the financial crisis.
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