The greatest economic power might in fact remain in the hands of the Federal Reserve. Economists credit the Fed's policy of keeping interest rates at historic lows with helping to pump up the economy and bring unemployment down.

Looking at the economy, there's been a lot of market chatter about the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates.

The Federal Reserve cannot solve all the economy's problems on its own.

If Federal Reserve loans are subsidies, it doesn't show up in the federal budget.

A big difference between Washington’s bailing out the private sector and the private sector’s bailing out Washington is that the private sector has to work, invest, employ people, and produce goods to come up with the cash. It can’t create it out of thin air like Ben Bernanke can

The Federal Reserve is incapable of accomplishing its stated objectives.