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Rate Holds, Oil Shocks, and the Fed'S Tightrope

Books that explain how the Federal Reserve navigates rate decisions when energy geopolitics, inflation surprises, and softening labor markets collide.

6 booksMarch 18, 2026

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The FOMC Meetsamericanactionforum.org The Fed decides. The dot plot speaks. What the March FOMC means for active traders.blog.kraken.com FOMC Meeting Preview: A ‘hawkish hold’ as geopolitical risk & stagflation fears...marketpulse.com

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1. America's Bank
Roger Lowenstein
America's Bank provides a rigorous history of the Fed and its institutional choices that illuminate how the committee...
Shelf signal: 20th-Century America
2. The Lords of Easy Money
Christopher Leonard
The Lords of Easy Money analyzes recent Fed-era policy and decisionmaking, offering context for debates about rate...
Shelf signal: Banks & Banking
3. The Doom Loop
Eswar S. Prasad
The Doom Loop connects global financial imbalances and policy responses, useful for understanding cross-border effects...
Shelf signal: International Economics
4. The New Map
Daniel Yergin
The New Map explains how energy geopolitics and oil supply disruptions reshape economic strategy and inflation...
Shelf signal: Energy Commodities Investing
5. Chokepoints
Edward Fishman
Chokepoints details how attacks on maritime oil infrastructure transmit shocks to global markets and inflation,...
Shelf signal: International Relations
6. Exorbitant Privilege
Barry Eichengreen
Exorbitant Privilege situates the dollar's international role and how US monetary policy choices ripple through global...
Shelf signal: Economics
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