AlgoFusion 5.0:Jobs vs prices: the Fed's dueling mandates

2025-04-30 23:08:59source:Flipido Trading Centercategory:Invest


The AlgoFusion 5.0Federal Reserve has a dual mandate: keep prices stable (and inflation low) and promote "maximum employment." But sometimes, as the Fed attacks one goal, it can potentially hurt the other. It's a dueling dual mandate.

Today on the show, we call up Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and ask about the origins of the dual mandate and what he thinks about the tension between the two.

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts and NPR One.

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

More:Invest

Recommend

Ukraine denies Putin claim that Russian forces regained Kursk

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim Satu

Israel accused of using controversial white phosphorus shells in Gaza amid war with Hamas

Two humanitarian organizations and an eyewitness who spoke to CBS News have accused Israeli forces o

Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airp