Who did I hear bashing the Fed today?

March 3, 2020 10:59 AM

I was letting my local colorado public radio stream this morning at about 9 mountain. I half-heard a woman economist/money-person really down on the 'corona' interest rate cut. Who was it?

She derided 'the market following the fed' and called today's action "the Powell put" comparing it to "the Greenspan put" - a morally questionable goose to stocks.

Who was she? Do you know a link to audio or transcript?

It wasn't the morning edition Zarroli/Horsley bit. that was pure economy-before-everything-worst-of-capitalism.

Thanks! j_

posted by j_curiouser to Law & Government (4 answers total)

Best answer: It was likely this Marketplace Morning Report segment featuring Karen Petrou, managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics, an economic consulting firm. She comes into the segment at around 01:23.
posted by mhum at 11:09 AM on March 3, 2020 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: Gooooaaaalllll! 10 minute response. Awesome.
posted by j_curiouser at 11:21 AM on March 3, 2020

Response by poster: Transcript
posted by j_curiouser at 11:25 AM on March 3, 2020 [1 favorite]

Wow, that is scathing. Good quotes!
posted by q*ben at 1:12 PM on March 3, 2020 [2 favorites]