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The labor market won't offer the same buffer this time
It’s Jobs Week.
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A data-driven Fed need not be a behind-the-curve Fed
The Fed will remain on hold today, keeping the federal funds rate in the range of 4.25% to 4.5%.
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A crash course in Fed independence
With recession odds rising and the stock market down, it is no surprise that President Trump thinks the Fed's ‘wait-and-see’ approach to rate cuts is a…
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DOGE recession?
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A crash course in Fed independence
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Inflation. How worried should we be?
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Stagflationary risks will slow the Fed down
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Sahm-thing more on the Sahm rule
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Stagflationary risks will slow the Fed down
The parade of Fedspeakers this week affirmed key messages from the Fed meeting last week: uncertainty about the outlook, some pessimism about inflation…
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DOGE recession?
DOGE is unlikely to cause a US recession, but its "move fast and break things" approach raises the risks.
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Inflation. How worried should we be?
Last week, we learned that the Consumer Price Index rose by 0.47% in January, well above expectations.
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The Fed gets to be boring for now
The Fed’s meeting yesterday lived up to expectations: boring.
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The Fed's Summary of Economic Projections isn't living up to its promises
On December 18th, the Fed officials voted to reduce the fund’s rate by 25 basis points, tightened their forward guidance on future cuts, and issued a…
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Why is growth so good and how do we keep it going?
My interview on Bloomberg this morning started with a trillion-dollar question:
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The reckoning with inflation
Many are tying the Democrat losses in the election to high inflation in recent years. There's some truth to that, but it's complicated and it's crucial…
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