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Dean Baker: The Case Against the Fed Raising Rates

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Economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research explains why citizens should oppose any move by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the current economic environment. He spoke before the Wednesday Group, a biweekly meeting of progressive activists organized by the Campaign for America’s Future (http://ourfuture.org).

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Economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research explains why citizens should oppose any move by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the current economic environment. He spoke before the Wednesday Group, a biweekly meeting of progressive activists organized by the Campaign for America’s Future (http://ourfuture.org).


Dean Baker
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He is a regular Truthout columnist and a member of Truthout's Board of Advisers.

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