Will Fed Rate Hikes Crash the Market? | Robert Murphy
Channel: misesmedia
Date: 2018-04-18

Hosted by the Mises Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, on 14 April 2018. Special thanks to an Anonymous Donor for making this event possible.

Economist Bob Murphy and commercial banking expert Carlos Lara join Jeff Deist for an unbridled look at the economy from a free-market perspective. Stock markets continue to roar, despite some recent hiccups. Unemployment and inflation, at least official unemployment and inflation, are relatively low. The job market is robust, tax cuts are in place, and a new Fed Chair promises more of the same policies. But are the underlying problems with the US economy, namely huge deficits, federal debt that is 105% of GDP, and a spendthrift Congress too much to overcome? Will Trump's economy tank, along with the stock market and your 401(k)? Is your job, industry, or portfolio at risk?