Summary of Danielle DiMartino Booth's Fed Up

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Fed’s decision to lower interest rates to the zero bound in 2008 triggered a worldwide panic that blindsided the Federal Reserve. The Fed’s balance sheet had grown to $4. 5 trillion by 2016, thanks to its quantitative easing policies, which had frozen the economy in motion. #2 The Fed’s high interest rates in the 1980s killed the steel and auto industries in Erie, Pennsylvania. The zero bound has dealt the