Tune in below to hear Tim and Yanely chat about this week's topic for FinCap Friday: The Fed vs Inflation.

The episode will help students answer the question: How is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates supposed to decrease inflation?

The quick discussion explores questions like:

1) How have interest rates changed recently?

2) Why did the Fed make recent changes?

and

3) What are some ways that this affects everyday people in their day-to-day lives?

References and recommended resources: 

EconExtra: Is the Fed's Historic Interest Rate Increase Really a Big Deal?

FOR TEACHERS ONLY: NGPG On Demand - The Fed: Bank of Banks

About the Authors

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!