"The federal funds rate remained 2.0 percent when the Federal Reserve met on August 1, 2018, and the target rate held at 1.75 to 2.0 percent. The Federal Reserve previously signaled it would raise rates to 2.5 percent in 2018, 3.0 percent in 2019, and 3.5 percent in 2020. The rate is critical in determining the U.S. economic outlook."
Did the Fed stand idly by during the obama regime's long years?