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Economy

Slammer

(714 posts) Tue Sep 20, 2022, 05:04 PM Sep 2022

The Fed Is Getting Even Tougher on Inflation.

Over the last decade, the Fed has undertaken an unprecedented experiment in ultra-low interest rates and easy money. Investors, bankers and governments have all adapted to that new economy, taking on more debt and pouring more money into riskier investments. Now, a decade’s worth of these debts and investments are going to collide with a higher-rate world. It’s not going to be pretty.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/09/20/fed-inflation-powell-debt-00057606

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The Fed Is Getting Even Tougher on Inflation. (Original Post) Slammer Sep 2022 OP

Here is what gets to me Casady1 Sep 2022 #1

Casady1

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1. Here is what gets to me

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Tue Sep 20, 2022, 05:08 PM

Sep 2022

The way to curb inflation is to punish the regular people. They want to slap down employment and pay.

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