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gab13by13

(32,314 posts)
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:38 PM 11 hrs ago

The inflation forecast for March Just Shot Up

February was 2.4, new projections for March are 3.16.

Poor Krasnov, no Fed interest rate cuts is pretty much certain.

I am interested to see the 1st quarter GDP, the last quarter was a pitiful 0.7% Isn't consumer spending 70% of GDP? Just asking.

Meanwhile our deficit is over 39 trillion dollars and the bastards on cable news have the nerve to call Republicans, conservatives.

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The inflation forecast for March Just Shot Up (Original Post) gab13by13 11 hrs ago OP
Stagflation sir, with tears in their eyes. chicoescuela 10 hrs ago #1
Yep. Stagflation on the way... Wounded Bear 10 hrs ago #2
It's ok, I didn't want to retire before death anyway. chicoescuela 10 hrs ago #3
I am retired. You know, fixed income...nt Wounded Bear 10 hrs ago #4
Exactly my point chicoescuela 2 hrs ago #5
It's Why They Resisted Cuts ProfessorGAC 2 hrs ago #6

ProfessorGAC

(76,684 posts)
6. It's Why They Resisted Cuts
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 08:59 AM
2 hrs ago

Even when the number was low, they either had reason to suspect the legitimacy of those numbers or they had reason to believe the conditions weren't sustainable.
The entire Fed board of governors is not made up of idiots. There are always some, if not all, of board members who actually know how to examine economic data.

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