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3 thoughts on “Talking Points

  1. I saw the Fed’s language as just a little soft, overall.

    I think the Fed’s language will lead to several months of inflating asset prices (eg equities and housing). Additionally, reductions in inflation, in labor rates and cost of goods, are likely to evaporate entirely.

    Inflation may not be roaring higher, but to think that this statement from the Fed, will do anything to lower it further, is dubious.

    Although there are two more quarter point hikes coming, for all intents and purposes, the Fed has signaled a pause. Pretty much nothing will happen for three months (or more) while the Fed evaluates further data.

    If the Fed is going to get tough again, it won’t happen until June at the earliest.

    Equity markets and housing prices, probably drift higher now. I don’t know if that was Powell’s intention, but that will be the effect.

    Why he didn’t use the opportunity to be just a little tougher, I don’t know. Are there problems under the hood that we don’t know about?

    I sometimes wondered whether there is some degree of “stealth” QE present, even while they claim to be doing QT.

    Certainly the war in Ukraine and the lack of debt ceiling agreement, cannot be making Powell’s job any easier.

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