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Other ways the Fed wields its influence


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The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate as is today, but rate adjustments aren’t the only monetary policy tool at the Fed’s disposal — don’t forget quantitative tightening and easing. In this episode, we explain why buying and selling government debt can help to balance out the economy. Plus, companies look for smaller but swankier offices, New Jersey has 70,000 units of affordable housing thanks to a decades-long legal saga and the oil industry tries to guess when oil demand will peak.

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