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The Fed's mandate includes keeping unemployment low, and its main tool for that (lowering interest rates) has the side effect of inflating asset prices. But what else can they do? The alternative (fiscal policy) is congress's responsibility and outside their control. If congress decided to take action they would adjust accordingly, in the mean time they are doing what they are officially tasked with with the tools that they have, even if that may not be ideal.



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