The Slow Strangle That Higher Rates Causes...

October 22, 2023 00:08:52
The Slow Strangle That Higher Rates Causes...
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The Slow Strangle That Higher Rates Causes...

Oct 22 2023 | 00:08:52

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Show Notes

While analysts still talk about the strength of the consumer, if you chose to look below the hood there are real issues emerging, thanks to the higher for longer interest rates that are now in the system because of Central Banks attempts to quell the inflation that they created by their earlier actions. Jerome Powell conceded this past week that with perfect hindsight, their monetary policy settings through the pandemic would have been tighter – with rates not dropped so low, and quantitative easing less extreme. My surveys in Australia continue to highlight the pressure on some households with for […]

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