#MrMarket: Fed permits a bubble. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series."
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🗓️ 16 December 2023
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#MrMarket: Fed permits a bubble. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series."
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-official-says-central-bank-isnt-really-talking-about-rate-cuts-557339da?mod=hp_lead_pos5
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| 0:20.0 | This is CBS I and the world. I'm John Bachelor. The American Economy at Christmas time. |
| 0:26.8 | The Federal Reserve has spoken. Mr. Powell's remarks in these last hours indicate that the |
| 0:32.3 | 11 hikes of the Federal Reserve's interest rates |
| 0:35.9 | for the best customers since the spring of 22 is over with. There will not be a 12th. |
| 0:41.2 | However, that may or may not mean |
| 0:44.4 | mean the next move by the Fed is a cut. It may be that we're going to stay at |
| 0:50.0 | this elevated level for some time with housing mortgages 7 to 8 percent with |
| 0:56.1 | hesitation of capital investment. The Wall Street Journal has headlines suggesting |
| 1:01.0 | there are other points of view. |
| 1:03.0 | For example, Fed official says Central Bank, quote, |
| 1:06.6 | isn't really talking about rate cuts. |
| 1:09.0 | That's the very influential New York Fed President John Williams. |
| 1:13.6 | Also, other Federal Reserve governors have indicated that they're not entirely sure that |
| 1:21.4 | cuts in the federal rate are visible that data dictates. |
| 1:27.0 | We also have this from streetwise at the journal. |
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