How COVID-era monetary policy changed everything | Joseph Politano
“Understanding more about monetary policy and the economic regime that you’re living under can help ease some of the fundamental uncertainties [that have been] prevalent since COVID, and help you make better decisions in your day-to-day life.”
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In the wake of the pandemic, our economy entered into a new era marked by supply chain shortages, rapidly rising inflation, and a sharp increase in interest rates. And consumers, businesses, and governments are more uncertain than they’ve ever been.
It’s impossible to understand the changes that we’ve gone through over the last four years and, in a broader sense, over the last two decades without understanding the shifts in monetary policy over that time period, says Joseph Politano, an economic analyst, a data journalist, and the writer behind Apricitas Economics.
We interviewed Politano on April 30th, 2024 and he explained this global economic shift.
Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/the-big-think-interview/joseph-politano/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description
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About Joseph Politano:
Joseph Politano is a Financial Management Analyst at the Bureau of Labor Statistics working to support the Labor Market Information and Occupational Health and Safety surveys that BLS conducts. He writes independently about economics, business, and public policy for a better world at apricitas.substack.com.
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