Vibe Rater is a free iOS entertainment app that rates your vibe from a photo. You get a score across six dimensions (Drip, Aura, Rizz, Main-Character Energy, Fit Cohesion, and Serve), plus an archetype — like Final Boss, Gorpcore Prophet, or Cozy Goblin. The phone vibrates while it reads you.

What Your Federal Reserve Opinion Says About Your Vibe

Q: What is a 'hawk' vs. a 'dove' in Fed policy?

In central banking, a 'hawk' favors higher interest rates to fight inflation. A 'dove' favors lower rates to support employment and growth. Most real Fed decisions involve hawks and doves disagreeing about where the balance is. In Powell Prowl, you get to be both — sometimes in the same session.

The Federal Reserve made a decision this week. Your reaction to that sentence tells me everything I need to know about you.

Not about your understanding of monetary policy — about your vibe. There are exactly five types of people when the FOMC releases a statement, and each one maps cleanly to a Vibe Rater archetype. We know this because we built Powell Prowl, a game about making Fed decisions, and we have watched people interact with interest rate news for approximately three years now.

Here is what your gut reaction says about your vibe:

“HOLD WAS THE RIGHT CALL.” — You Are a Final Boss

You’ve been tracking the dot plot since January. You have opinions about lagged monetary transmission. You use the phrase “data-dependent” unironically in conversation. You are not smug about this — you are simply correct, and you know it, and the market eventually agrees with you.

Vibe Rater result: Final Boss. Maximum drip, maximum aura. You don’t try to have authority — you just have it. The kind of person who walks into a room and people immediately wonder what you know that they don’t.

Your Fed take: Hold. Let the data resolve. Don’t move until you have to.

”I Can’t Believe They Did That, But Also I Called It.” — You Are a Dark Academia

You read the Fed minutes for fun. You have a saved search for “FOMC statement” on Google. You were disappointed by this rate decision not because it was wrong, necessarily, but because you were hoping for something more interesting — a dissenting vote, a hint, something to analyze. You intellectualize everything as a coping mechanism, and it’s working fine.

Vibe Rater result: Dark Academia. High Aura, moderate Drip. The person who is always three steps ahead of the consensus and slightly annoyed about it.

Your Fed take: They held/cut/raised too late. The real move was signaled months ago. You were ready.

”What Did They Do?” — You Are a Cozy Goblin

Not in an ignorant way — in a perfectly calibrated way. The interest rate is not your problem. Your problems are: whether the sourdough is ready, what the next episode is, and whether the blanket you ordered has arrived. The Fed exists. It does things. This does not require your immediate attention.

Vibe Rater result: Cozy Goblin. High Aura, low Serve (in the best way), zero interest in performing economics knowledge. Your apartment is extremely comfortable and your vibe is immaculate.

Your Fed take: Is this going to affect my mortgage rate? No? Then we’re good.

”The Fed Is Destroying Purchasing Power.” — You Are a Gorpcore Prophet

You have conviction. Possibly too much conviction. You’ve been saying this since 2021 and you’re not going to stop just because inflation came down. You own physical assets. You have opinions about fiat currency that you share at parties. The outdoors is your primary aesthetic but the economy is your secondary religion.

Vibe Rater result: Gorpcore Prophet. Deep convictions, technical fluency, suspicious of systems that don’t earn your trust. You chose your rain jacket using a spreadsheet. You are correct about many things.

Your Fed take: Too little too late and also structurally broken and also the dollar is a social construct. (Still correct about some of this.)

”Lower! LOWER!” — You Are a Clean Girl

You want clarity. You want things to be resolved. You want rates low so the market goes up and your portfolio looks clean and the economic aesthetic is minimal and positive and easy to understand. You’re not naive — you just have very strong preferences about which direction is correct and you’re sticking with them.

Vibe Rater result: Clean Girl. Minimal, polished, aligned. You have a 5-step optimization for everything including, apparently, monetary policy.

Your Fed take: Cut. Everything makes more sense when rates go down. Just cut.

Find Out Which One You Actually Are

We built Powell Prowl: Rate Chase so you can sit in the hot seat yourself — decide to raise, hold, or cut and watch the economic chaos that follows. It’s free, it’s extremely educational in a completely irresponsible way, and it turns out making the “right” call is a lot harder when it’s your finger on the button.

If you want to know your actual vibe archetype (not the monetary policy version), that’s Vibe Rater — coming soon to the App Store. Upload a photo, get your archetype, aura color, and a score across all six dimensions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Federal Reserve do? The Federal Reserve (the Fed) is the central bank of the United States. Its main job is to set the federal funds rate — the interest rate banks charge each other for short-term loans. When the Fed raises rates, borrowing gets more expensive, which tends to slow inflation. When it cuts, borrowing gets cheaper. The decision is made eight times a year by the FOMC.

What is a ‘hawk’ vs. a ‘dove’ in Fed policy? A hawk favors higher interest rates to fight inflation. A dove favors lower rates to support employment and growth. Most real Fed decisions involve hawks and doves disagreeing. In Powell Prowl, you get to play both.

What is Powell Prowl: Rate Chase? Powell Prowl: Rate Chase is a free satirical iOS arcade game where you play as Jerome Powell. You decide whether to raise or lower interest rates and watch the consequences. Available on the App Store for iPhone, free with ads.

What is Vibe Rater? Vibe Rater is a free iOS entertainment app that rates your vibe from a photo. You get a score across six dimensions plus an archetype — Final Boss, Gorpcore Prophet, Cozy Goblin, and more. Coming soon to the App Store.