Fed continues negative real interest rates
New Federal Reserve target interest rate | 2% |
Less: Inflation rate | 2.8% |
Equals: Real short-term interest rate | (0.8%) |
In short, nine years after the end of the last recession, nine years into the bull stock market and six years after house prices bottomed and began a new ascent, the Fed is still forcing negative real short-term interest rates on the economy, the financial system and savers.
No wonder that it continues to preside over a massive asset price inflation.