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Created: 2025-07-22 01:39:26 UTC

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy mainly influences inflation and unemployment by adjusting interest rates, which affects borrowing costs for households and businesses, demand for goods and services, and ultimately hiring and wage growth. 

Lowering rates generally boosts economic activity and jobs but can risk higher inflation, while raising rates aims to cool inflation but may lead to higher unemployment, and these effects often play out over several years rather than instantly. 

Alternative systems to the Fed include things like the gold standard, a competitive private supply of money, or automated monetary rules, but each comes with its own trade-offs and challenges for maintaining economic stability.


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