Since 2008, Monetary Policy Has Cost American Savers about $4 Trillion

by Alex J. Pollock via Mises.org With inflation running at over 6 percent and interest rates on savings near zero, the Federal Reserve is delivering a negative 6 percent real (inflation-adjusted) return on trillions of dollars in savings. This is effectively expropriating American savers’ nest eggs at the rate of 6 percent a year. It is not only a problem in 2021, […]