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Fiendish Thingy

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8. How can inflation return if the Fed keeps hiking?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 1, 2023, 03:53 PM

Feb 2023

They are reducing the size of their hikes in an attempt to avoid a recession, but today’s report doesn’t sound like a pause and pivot is on the horizon.

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Fed raises rates a quarter point, expects 'ongoing' increases [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 2023 OP

Weakest sauce available bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #1

25 bps has been locked for weeks. If anybody you're following suggested otherwise, stop following mathematic Feb 2023 #2

David Rosenberg is not a lightweight bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #3

Not necessarily BumRushDaShow Feb 2023 #6

Is that the one that I end with my usual incisive hard-hitting commentary? progree Feb 2023 #13

Yup. BumRushDaShow Feb 2023 #14

An increase is not a pause muriel_volestrangler Feb 2023 #7

How can inflation return if the Fed keeps hiking? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #8

They should hold now. Not going to get significant decreases in inflation until the Ukraine war is harun Feb 2023 #4

+1 peppertree Feb 2023 #5

Too late- inflation has already decreased significantly since June 2022. Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #10

Exactly! nt pazzyanne Feb 2023 #12

We've already seen inflation ease significantly Johnny2X2X Feb 2023 #15

Stagflation here we come. LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #9

Not even close Johnny2X2X Feb 2023 #16

Interesting how Canada is pausing while the Fed is not. Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #11

Canada doesn't have to do everything the US does IronLionZion Feb 2023 #19

Like I said, historically, the BOC moves in lock step with the Fed 90% of the time. Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #22

Biden is absolutely killing IronLionZion Feb 2023 #17

The fed is a perfect metaphor Alpeduez21 Feb 2023 #18

Correct! It won't stop GOUGING and the endless GREEDFLATION will continue Bengus81 Feb 2023 #21

Graphs of inflation situation ... CPI, PCE, PPI -- regular and core measures of each progree Feb 2023 #20

Changes from previous month are misleading without the back context of the harun Feb 2023 #23

What is the "actual" inflation rate? progree Feb 2023 #24

Good points harun Feb 2023 #27

The Fed is doing more damage than fascist republicans, oh wait, they are fascist republicans. nt yaesu Feb 2023 #25

Seems like nothing can stop this Obama/Biden economy. nt BootinUp Feb 2023 #26

Just reported....Shell Oil profits DOUBLE from 2021 to almost $40 billion Bengus81 Feb 2023 #28

Worse BumRushDaShow Feb 2023 #29

CNN needs to check the story then........ Bengus81 Feb 2023 #30

CNN did one on ExxonMobil last week (ExxonMobil is what I mentioned as "worse" ) BumRushDaShow Feb 2023 #31

Thanks...just woke up---LOL!! Bengus81 Feb 2023 #32

I know the feeling!!! BumRushDaShow Feb 2023 #33

I really think there needs to be an excessive profit tax. Initech Feb 2023 #34