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Fed Rates & FOMC Explained

Understand how the Fed sets policy, how markets price it, and how to trade the reaction.

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Lesson 1: What Is the Fed Really Controlling?

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Fed funds rate basics: target vs. market rate and why it matters.

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Lesson 1: What Is the Fed Really Controlling?

Fed funds as a price anchor, not a single number or asset target.

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Lesson 2: FOMC — How Decisions Are Made

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Who votes, how consensus is built, and why wording moves markets.

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Lesson 3: The Dot Plot — Signal or Noise?

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What the dots show, what they miss, and how pros read dispersion.

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Lesson 4: Hikes, Cuts, and Pauses

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Why pauses can be hawkish, and why first cuts aren’t always bullish.

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Lesson 5: Rate Expectations vs. Decisions

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Market trades the surprise: outcome minus expectations.

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Lesson 6: Transmission — From Policy to the Real Economy

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Credit, asset pricing, FX, and expectations channels in practice.

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Lesson 7: Asset Reactions — Stocks, Bonds, Dollar, Gold

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Why each asset “hears” the same hike differently.

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Lesson 8: Read the Next FOMC Like a Pro

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A repeatable pre/inline/post checklist for trading the event.

Fed Rates & FOMC Explained · Macro Course