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Figure bolsters case for Federal Reserve to proceed slowly with interest rate cuts https://archive.is/8b8mS

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[–] TheEtherBunny 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“Unexpectedly”? Put down the pipe, FT.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"We know he said he was imposing tariffs but we didn't think he was actually going to do it" is a line I've been reading in so many finance journals and hearing on briefings over the last month.

[–] spankmonkey 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"He always does the dumbest thing, but I didn't think he would do this dumbest thing."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I love how he thinks this stuff just happens by magical command and then we have nothing in place to do it so he suspends it for a month and china does it right away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

damn, is he "hurting the wrong people" again? who would've thunk

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Don’t worry trump will make it way worse

[–] Blue_Morpho 13 points 1 week ago

In unrelated news Trump announced that North and South Dakota will be renamed to North Custer and South Custer. This came after pushback for the request to change Dakota to Damzog.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

yeah. unexpectedly. /s