June 20, 2016· 25 min

33: How ``Fed Watching'' Became a Thing

Tim Duy

Orality

Model

91%

Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(520 words)

M:29%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,147 words)

M:28%

GuestTim Duy(2,729 words)

M:27%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic41%

obviously, basically, very

Engagement63%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, so, like

Repetition100%

what (45x), think (45x), know (40x)

Parallelism100%

So have you heard the story ab..., And I'm Jill Weisenthal, manag..., So, Joe, you know, eight times...

Sound Patterns79%

37 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases13%

you know what, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging19%

relatively, maybe, quite

Passive Voice9%

been understaffed, were announced, is positioned

Abstract Nouns25%

investment, prescription, medication

Subordination13%

because, while, although

Sentence Length48%

Avg: 16.9 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style37%

296 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style88%

automatically, family, actually

Description

When Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks, the world watches — and one group watches especially closely. ``Fed watchers'' have made a career out of analyzing and dissecting the words and actions of Fed policymakers, particularly in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis that has seen the U.S. central bank launch thousands of stimulus programs. This week we speak to one of our favorite Fed watchers. Tim Duy is the professor of practice and senior director of the Oregon Economic Forum at the University of Oregon, a Bloomberg contributor and author of the aptly named Tim Duy's Fed Watch. He walks us through how the central bank came to dominate market discourse, and gives his tips on how best to engage in a bit of Fed watching of one's own. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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