"Transitory" Inflation Is Back, Baby…

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Mar 20 2025 | 00:12:23

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Show Notes

Overnight we got the latest decision from the US Federal Open Market Committee keeping its benchmark federal funds rate steady for the second straight meeting, in a target range of 4.25%-4.5%. But in the subsequent press conference, where Fed Chair Jerome Powell seemed to be tip-toeing through a potential minefield, he said the committee had down forecast growth, increased inflation expectations, and said the full impact of tariffs had yet to work though. And while the FOMC did slow the pace of balance-sheet runoff — their updated forecasts and dot plot betrayed little concern about the growth scare that has […]

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