Nathan Sheets, chief economist and head of global macroeconomic research at PGIM Fixed Income, and former under-secretary of the US Treasury for international affairs, joins Rein de Loor, programmes manager at OMFIF. They discuss the Federal Reserve’s January rate decision, the adjustments to its forward guidance and how markets responded. They also cover implications of political influence on monetary policy, and macroeconomic challenges for 2019.

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