Federal Reserve cuts its key interest rate by a quarter-point amid postelection uncertainty
Federal Reserve cuts its key interest rate by a quarter-point amid postelection uncertainty
The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point in response to a steady decline in once-high inflation that angered Americans and helped drive Trump’s election victory.
In my opinion, something is going to break within 6 months.
The inflation is still high and the danger of recession is still here.
Inflation is super down, like crazy down.
What's going to happen is that the ripple effects of the current good economy will finally hit people a few months into Trumps term, they'll give him all the credit, then when his policies decimate fucking everything and every poor person, they'll find a way to blame either democrats or trans people and learn nothing.
Inflation is down, but prices haven't come down--they are just not in increasing as fast as they were. We would technically need deflation for that to happen. That said, you are absolutely right that the 'better' economy will get attributed to Trump and he'll go on making messes elsewhere until he dies or leaves office.
I think it will take longer than that, there's still a lot of rich people who don't think Trump will really do the tariffs or the mass deportation. Once it becomes clear that is really happening the economy will likely start getting all kinds of messed up fast.
Also, as others have told you, inflation is actually low again currently and that is why rates are coming down now. This is the "soft landing" that everyone was talking about, just in time for Trump to take the helm.
I don't get this ... People liked trump because he wasn't a politician and did what he said . And now that he says he will do things they don't believe him even when he's already put tariffs on shit last time...
Inflation is down to 2.4%. We are fairly close to the Fed's target of 2%.
Which is a made up target with a wide margin. Many economists think a stable inflation rate might be 3% or higher! So 2.4% might already be on target.
What post election uncertainty?
The uncertainty over what Trump might break with his buffoonery.
*will break
I bet they cut it a half point after January.