CHART OF THE DAY: Fed Funds Rate vs Unemployment Rate (Since the 1950s)

06/16/15 08:43AM EDT

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...In the Chart of the Day below, we show the Federal Funds rate versus the unemployment rate going back to the 1950s.  We don’t need an advanced degree in mathematics to see that this period is different than many others.  Despite the unemployment steadily coming down (albeit unemployment is not necessarily the best measure of the health of the employment market domestically), the Fed has, well, not moved.

CHART OF THE DAY: Fed Funds Rate vs Unemployment Rate (Since the 1950s)   - z 06.16.15 chart

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