Episode description

Jason Purcell is an analyst at a major financial institution with a specialty in bond analysis. He joins Bob to discuss his historical analysis of yield curves (in both UK and US) going back to the 1870s, which shows that central banks do indeed manipulate short-term interest rates.

• Bob's Article on the Inverted Yield Curve: Mises.org/HAP457a
• Goerge Selgin's Cato Article on the Fed: Mises.org/HAP457b
• The Charts Referenced in this Episode: Mises.org/HAP457c
• Jason's Twitter: Mises.org/HAP457d
• Purcell Investment Research: Mises.org/HAP457e
• Read More on Jason's Substack: Mises.org/HAP457f

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