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Economy

sprinkleeninow

(20,546 posts) Wed May 24, 2023, 12:10 PM May 2023

Yahoo Finance - Fed's Waller: 'I don't support stopping rate hikes' until inflation cools

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-waller-i-dont-support-stopping-rate-hikes-until-inflation-cools-161005721.html

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He also says he thinks inflation won’t come down very much unless average hourly earnings slowdown from a level of 4.4% in April to a pace closer to 3%.

Whiskey-Tango-Alpha ??
"Unless average hourly earnings slowdown from..." ??
He had better mean profiteering/bottom lining.

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Yahoo Finance - Fed's Waller: 'I don't support stopping rate hikes' until inflation cools (Original Post) sprinkleeninow May 2023 OP

He's a republican Casady1 May 2023 #1

Now another blurb from MarketWatch which I can't post bc of no access which I won't do now. sprinkleeninow May 2023 #2

Casady1

(2,133 posts)

1. He's a republican

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2023, 12:21 PM

May 2023

and he loves to crush the worker.

sprinkleeninow

(20,546 posts)

2. Now another blurb from MarketWatch which I can't post bc of no access which I won't do now.

Reply to Casady1 (Reply #1)

Wed May 24, 2023, 12:34 PM

May 2023

Paraphrased:
"Worries about debt ceiling deal--who's gonna buy treasuries?"

My SS payments had bettern' not get screwed with as with all other recipients.

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