Skanda Amarnath on the federal reserve and monetary policy in the covid-19 pandemic

<p>When Chair Jerome Powell testified in front of Congress at the end of September, he pledged that the Federal Reserve was committed to using its tools “to do what we can, for as long as it takes” to ensure a strong recovery limited lasting damage to the economy. Skanda Amarnath, Director of Research and Analysis at Employ America, joins to discuss the role the Fed has played, the challenges it has faced, and what more could be done, to help address the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> <p><a href= "The%20economic%20hit%20from%20COVID-19%20has%20been%20widespread%20across%20many%20businesses%20and%20families%20but%20the%20hit%20to%20small%20businesses,%20and%20particularly%20minority-owned%20small%20businesses,%20has%20been%20unprecedented.%20Dr.%20Chris%20Wheat,%20Director%20of%20Business%20Research%20for%20the%20JPMorgan%20Chase%20Institute,%20joins%20to%20discuss%20COVID-19%E2%80%99s%20effects%20on%20small%20businesses%20to%20date,%20their%20outlook%20for%20the%20months%20ahead,%20and%20why%20it%20matters%20for%20the%20economy%20and%20our%20eventual%20path%20to%20recovery.%20%20https:/conference-board.org/podcasts" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://conference-board.org/podcasts</a></p>