#Inflation fears drove Fed to sharply hike rates: minutes

#Inflation fears drove Fed to sharply hike rates: minutes

“Inflation fears drove Fed to sharply hike rates: minutes” Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were increasingly anticipating higher inflation, and they signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain it. The policymakers also acknowledged, in minutes from their June 14-15 meeting released Wednesday, that their rate hikes could weaken…

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#Your 401(k) is in the Fed’s hands this week

#Your 401(k) is in the Fed’s hands this week

“Your 401(k) is in the Fed’s hands this week” At this week’s policy meeting, the Federal Reserve will have to choose its poison. If it fails to accelerate the pace of interest-rate hikes, it risks losing control over runaway inflation. Yet if it surprises us with a faster pace of interest-rate increases, it risks further…

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#Raise interest rates or we’ll do it for you

#Raise interest rates or we’ll do it for you

“Raise interest rates or we’ll do it for you” Jerome Powell played with fire, and the US economy is about to get burned. The bond market will be the incinerator. The bond market doesn’t get the attention it deserves. People are myopically focused on the Dow, the S&P, the Nasdaq because average investors don’t indulge…

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#Fed still ‘much too optimistic’ on inflation

#Fed still ‘much too optimistic’ on inflation

“Fed still ‘much too optimistic’ on inflation” Ex-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned that the Federal Reserve’s forecasts on inflation have been “much too optimistic” so far — and warned that the US economy is teetering on the edge of a recession. Summers, an early and frequent critic of the Fed’s response to surging inflation that…

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#Stagflation in US economy ‘unavoidable,’ economist El-Erian says

#Stagflation in US economy ‘unavoidable,’ economist El-Erian says

“Stagflation in US economy ‘unavoidable,’ economist El-Erian says” The onset of debilitating stagflation within the US economy is likely “unavoidable” even if the Federal Reserve manages to avoid a full-fledged recession, famed economist Mohamed El-Erian warned on Wednesday. El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz, indicated that stagflation would take hold despite the Fed’s plan…

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#Market panic because of Biden and Powell’s inflation incoherence

#Market panic because of Biden and Powell’s inflation incoherence

“Market panic because of Biden and Powell’s inflation incoherence” Fed chairs have historically been inscrutable when talking in public, leaning on something called “Fedspeak.” By talking in riddles, financial markets don’t overreact to your every word. But speaking in riddles is different than acting in riddles. And that’s exactly what the Biden administration and Fed…

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