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Judging The Federal Reserve's Response To The Pandemic

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The Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program is expected to kick off in the coming days. It's just one of a number of actions the central bank is taking in the crisis.

Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) writes with his colleague Jon Hilsenrath that the Fed is "changing what it means to be a Central Bank." Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Timiraos, who covers the Fed as chief economics correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.

This segment aired on May 26, 2020.

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