Surprise: With fiscal and monetary restraint came real growth.

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But when the Fed senses that it has overdone monetary restraint and that a recession looms, it reverses gears and cuts the federal funds rate it controls, often before the recession commences.

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While money growth has been rapid by historical standards, market-based indicators of monetary policy suggest sufficient restraint.

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