The Fed Throws Gasoline on the Inflation Fire
Peak Prosperity
Chris Martenson
4.7 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
With its rate cut decision, the Fed has given up on containing inflation. Combined with the lack of any fiscal restraint by DC, we all need to be ready for much higher inflation.
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| 0:00.0 | Nothing in this program should be considered investment advice. |
| 0:03.2 | It is for educational purposes only. |
| 0:05.3 | Please hit pause and read this disclaimer in full. |
| 0:10.5 | Let's say an individual comes to you personally asking you to invest to start up a business. |
| 0:15.9 | And you look at their spending and they're spending twice what they're taking in. |
| 0:19.4 | There's no way I would give them funds to start a business, right? If they can't manage their own resources well, then how |
| 0:26.0 | could you invest in to them? But the government seems to get away with it and we're okay because |
| 0:29.5 | asset prices are going up for now. The following is the audio version of a video released at |
| 0:35.7 | peak prosperity.com. Visit peak prosperity.com to watch the video and to find other insightful content, |
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| 0:52.3 | The Fed cuts rates. |
| 0:57.7 | It could have been one of the most colossal blunders. |
| 1:00.3 | Is it? |
| 1:00.6 | We don't know. |
| 1:01.0 | We're going to talk about inflation, a little bit on gold, |
| 1:03.3 | and we have to talk about these crazy markets a little bit more. |
| 1:06.6 | Wow, lots to unpack today. |
| 1:09.3 | Historic blunder or not, Paul Kiker of Kiker Wealth Management. |
| 1:12.0 | Hey, Paul. |
| 1:12.6 | Good to see you. Hi, Chris. Good to see you on a wild day. Wild day. Wild day. Well, I wanted to just, you know, Fed cuts rates. What does it mean to you, you the audience out there? And again, this is Finance You, so we'll explain things as we go along. Nick Tim Rouse, who's the Wall Street Journal sort of like Fed Scribe, has special access, |
| 1:32.4 | which means he just writes down what they tell them to say earlier than other people. |
| 1:38.7 | That's what it means to be a Fed reporter. |
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