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Higher For Longer? Fed Caught in Rate Hike Catch-22

Higher For Longer? Fed Caught in Rate Hike Catch-22

In early 2020, the Fed’s benchmark interest rates hovered near zero, and inflation was 1.06 percent.  By March 16, 2022, the highest inflation in 40 years had gripped the nation, and the Fed started raising rates to tamp it down.  Now, after 11 rate hikes in 18...
Is the US Economy Headed for a “Wile E. Coyote” Moment?

Is the US Economy Headed for a “Wile E. Coyote” Moment?

  In March 2023, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers famously said America may be facing a “Wile E. Coyote” moment — where the economy has run off the cliff without realizing it and is headed for a hard landing.   Around the same time, JP Morgan warned the economy...