Exactly….. once the fed has both rising inflation and rising unemployment they will have to decide what’s more important to them. Legally it’s supposed to be both so it’s very hard to imagine what they will do

US Consumer Price Index - September 2024

I don’t know I don’t trade S&P but maybe market interprets this months data as mixed so chopping since cpi was bearish but unemployment was higher than expected so there’s uncertainty about size of future rate cuts?

US Consumer Price Index - September 2024

I agree, if they cut more (and especially more than expected) to balance labor , inflation will tick up esp since yes unemployment may be high but new job growth is also very high, they may have to then stop cutting and Raise rates again. I also see ...

US Consumer Price Index - September 2024

The fed has had it easy(ish) till now, employment has been pretty darn good and no recession, they only had to keep a higher rate , but now that they want to cut to “protect” employment , now as this report proves it’s going to risk inflation now ...

US Consumer Price Index - September 2024

Whoever thinks the fed is “politically motivated” is just brainwashed by conspiracy theories. They don’t give a damn about the politics.

US Gross Domestic Product (Third Estimate), Corporate Profits (Revised Estimate), Second...

Instead the reaction from whe general public if they understood this should be ok great inflation is down, now what are you going to do to bring PRICES down?? That should now be the focus of the public demand

Fed's jumbo interest rate cut puts the U.S. on track for a soft landing, Goldman CFO says

People always confuse inflation with prices. I find it annoying too that prices are still far too high, don’t get me wrong. But the general public seems to always treat them like the same thing and then get mad at the current fed or administration ...

Fed's jumbo interest rate cut puts the U.S. on track for a soft landing, Goldman CFO says

I’m my opinion housing inflation has been the number one culprit and it’s basically hot been resolved at all.

Fed's Powell: Housing inflation is one piece that is dragging a bit

I think they are going to be very cautious as to when they start cutting. Sure that Powell has said they won’t wait till it reaches 2% to start cutting they will do it before but I think they think the market will not respond well to cutting and ...

Fed's Goolsbee says it isn't a "certainty" that Fed will lower interest rates in...

He’s absolutely right. The market just likes to panick.. always panicking over one thing or another

Fed's Musalem: don't think Fed is behind the curve, economy doing very well

Them acknowledging they don’t want to cut too late either was probably just to quell the markets fears since market has been on their tails about demanding cuts. I can only imagine the amount of pressure they’ve faced by a market that just won’t ...

US Consumer Price Index - July 2024

P.s. even though they’ve said they don’t want to cut too soon or too late (risks in both) since they don’t have a crystal ball, my bet is if they had to be wrong in one of those directions I’m guessing they’d rather be wrong on cutting too late than ...

US Consumer Price Index - July 2024

The one thing in this report that was the leading contributor to continued excessive inflation was housing …. If they cut rates housing probably more than anything else will gain strength and that number will be even higher, plausibly causing ...

US Consumer Price Index - July 2024