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Morning Macro: Federal Reserve Reacts To COVID-19

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In The Moment ... March 16, 2020 Show 774 Hour 1

The Federal Reserve acted aggressively over the weekend, slashing interest rates to near zero in an attempt to soothe the U.S. economic turmoil. 

Joe Santos is a professor of economics and Dykhouse Scholar of Money, Banking, and Regulation in the Ness School of Management and Economics at SDSU. He joins us for this week's Morning Macro segment. You can follow along on his website: Schooleddotblog.com.