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by bogomipz 3169 days ago
The Fed has in fact raised the rates twice this years and once last year, how is that keeping rates low?

These rates are moved slowly and incrementally. You can't just raise the rate 3%.

That video in your link says nothing about keeping rates low, its about the nature of inflation.

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It has raised the rates from extremely low to very low, which is still keeping rates low.

Now, you can argue that that is in part because a rapid increase to non-low rates would be disruptive given the status quo ante, but that's a justification for keeping rates low, not a rebuttal to the claim that that is what the Fed is doing.