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A restrictive monetary policy is a decision by the Fed to raise interest rates in order to slow the growth rate of GDP. In 1994, the Fed raised the Fed funds rate seven times in order to achieve a soft landing for the U.S. economy.
Loading the player... Changes in interest rates can have both positive and negative effects on the U.S. markets. When the Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) changes the rate at which banks borrow money, this has a ripple effect across the entire economy. Below, we will examine how interest rates can have an effect on the economy as a whole, the stock and bond markets, inflation and recessions.