tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post109024888523506021..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Interest RatesDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1090521845149973692004-07-22T12:44:00.000-06:002004-07-22T12:44:00.000-06:00Here we go, with some comments on comments. These ...Here we go, with some comments on comments. These were not great, so I won't name names.<br /><br />What's going on is the Federal Reserve is starting to put the brakes on the economy. The are worried about the potential for future inflation. This typically results from AD shifting to far to the right. To counteract this they are nudging it to the left.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1090251408971583122004-07-19T09:36:00.000-06:002004-07-19T09:36:00.000-06:00Skip, can I get you to go back and add a title to ...Skip, can I get you to go back and add a title to this?Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1090249963722049872004-07-19T09:12:00.000-06:002004-07-19T09:12:00.000-06:00This is interesting because the post was made shor...This is interesting because the post was made shortly before we cover these issues in class (rather than after, or more typically not at all ... since students interests are more wide ranging than the texts).<br /><br />I'd like my students to think about:<br />1) Why the short term interest rate should be above the rate of inflation?<br />2) There are a lot of different interest rates, and the Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com