Oh baby, we’re talking interest rates
Dan have confession. When people say “interest rates,” Dan no understand. So Dan investigate.
Featuring interviews with Jeanna Smialek, ex-Federal Reserve reporter for the New York Times and current Brussels bureau chief; Joey Politano, writer of the economics newsletter Apricitas Economics; and Gerald Prante, economics professor at Lynchburg University.
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@BonganiMojakhomo
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
My day jusy got better 😂
@mariusathome
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
@ 2:24: I thought that was a cartoonishly large snail next to Dan
@Thongger
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Man this video aged like a fine wine
@coder1235
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
4:42 isn't that the opposite?
@Michaelewenmadden
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
The American Chris Morris if you hwill
@jobr6263
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Edition 11/10, no way I can forget the concepts
@jedem.4158
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Interest rates = how greedy the parasite feels that day
@Michael-km8me
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Thank you for the hilarious brain rot! Good Work!
@Wheezyhurdle599
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Thank you Dan Toomey for the very informative video.
@johnthomasgoerke7852
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
So Dan, it's been a year. Did we do it? Did we have a "soft landing"?
@jesutomisinipinmoye2958
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
ah did this age well ? yes or no😊
@Evening_Star_Above
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Look at interest rates and inflation before 1973 and before 1940
@cookiecatattack6317
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
😂
@anrisorer
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
JOEEEEEY POLITANO!
@1DrunkSocialite
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
"hey fellas" 😂
@nicholaszikos3851
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Good work Dan
@friedcash9815
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
bitcoin fixes this.
@RendraCloud
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
this vid does not age well
@jasongreen1563
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
You got hit by an asteroid
@geetagupta3169
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
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Well done 😂
@nobodyimportant7185
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
3:17 the concept of keynesian economics is something we cover in detail in 10th grade social in Alberta. is this not standard knowledge?
@Harris-o6r8e
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
The system is failing as a result of both government and federal policy. In the next days, the banking crisis would have to be epic and gigantic for the FED to decide not to raise interest rates. This won't happen; an increase and a crash are coming. There will be more negative portfolios this 2nd half of 2024 with markets tumbling, soaring inflation, and banks going out of business. My concern is how can the rapid interest-rate hike be of favor to a value investor, or is it better avoiding stocks for a while?
@JoeCryptola-b1m
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
The more you know the more you realize that our economy is a shifty version of the game monopoly
@AustinKnippenberg
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
I feel the exact same about this subject. Thank you for making it entertaining to learn.
@honesty_provides_tranquility
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
It’s the rate of usury
@NVdrips
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
She stable my economy until I interest rate😜😔🙏
@CountlessPWNZ
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
you guys know who invented interest rates?
@f_u_n_k_y
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
That tie is much too long
@mordomb
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
6 months too early, but still nice to see you covered this.
@incognito8219
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
That nerd with the glasses is kinda pretty
@SuperREJV
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
2:48 This is a miss conception. Fed funds rate up encourages smaller banks to lend to the fed instead of the economy. And since the Fed can literally print money to pay the interest, it increases money supply without causing inflation because the additional money is being kept out of circulation.
If smaller banks charge more for lending, it is simply their own choice to judge the economy as being more of a risk to pay back the loan than the fed is.
@tannerhamlett1309
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Not mentioning the Fed is a PRIVATE institution is a pretty big miss, Dan. Grab some Zyns and do better next time!
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