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Podcast: The Real Estate Espresso Podcast
Episode: Do Central Banks Really Matter?
Description: On today’s show we are wondering if governments and central banks in particular have any effect on the repairing the economy.Â
It’s a simple question really. If central banks can truly influence the economy, inflation and the unemployment rate, then why are central banks all behaving the same way at approximately the same time?
Why is the bank of Canada going to lower interest rates later this week? Why did the ECB lower rates last week? Why did the Federal Reserve lower rates by half a point a month ago? Why did China’s centr...