#51 The Fed, the Discount rate, and the Great Depression

<p>Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/</p> <p>Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/</p> <p><br></p> <p>This is the fifty-first video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Contents</p> <p>00:00 Intro</p> <p>01:00 What does the central bank do?</p> <p>01:40 How do Fed interest rates compare with history?</p> <p>03:13 Is the interest rate the price of money?</p> <p>05:47 Centralized control of interest rates</p> <p>06:30 Roaring 20s and Great Depression</p> <p>06:45 Why the &#39;Discount rate?&#39;</p> <p>09:12 What does the &#39;Discount rate&#39; mean in Fed-speak?</p> <p>09:59 &#39;Discount window&#39; was Fed lending directly until 1930s</p> <p>11:55 Discount rate during Roaring 20s</p> <p>13:36 Wisdom from Oskar Morgenstern on prices</p> <p>15:10 Irving Fisher on Stable Money League</p> <p>16:25 Discount rate into Depression of 1920-21</p> <p>18:25 Discount rate lowers into Roaring 20s</p> <p>20:50 Interest rates at near-historical highs into Great Depression</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here we look at the Federal Reserve&#39;s weekly balance sheet versus its base policy interest rate in the 1910s and 1920s, which is called the &#39;Discount rate.&#39; In the early days, this was the rate of interest that banks could get for borrowing directly from the Federal Reserve (and not just in emergency situations, as is the case today), called the &#39;Discount window.&#39; Many banks directly borrowed from the Federal Reserve in the 1910s and 1920s.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We also answer some basic questions like:</p> <p>- What is the price of money?</p> <p>- What is the price of credit?</p> <p>- What is the etymology of &#39;Discount rate?&#39;</p> <p>- How did the Federal Reserve manipulate interest rates in the early days?</p> <p>- Have stocks reached a permanently high plateau?</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://porkopolis.io</p> <p>https://twitter.com/crypto_voices</p> <p>