by Simon Black
Sovereign Man
Yesterday the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its July meeting a few weeks ago in which they decided to NOT raise interest rates.
These minutes are the official archive of the meeting, providing details about the presentations, debates, and discussions that took place.
They contain very formal sounding language, referring to their near-zero interest rates as “accommodation” in the same way that my high school health teacher preferred to use the more clinical term “copulation” instead of “sex”.
As an example, the most recent Fed minutes state: