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The Fed would be foolish to hike 0.5, it would signal they’ve been wrong all along. A 0.25 hike now and another 0.25 next month is the smarter approach. .50 Fed rate cut imminent? Those numbers were ice cold. — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 10, 2025 PPI ICE COLD: The Producer Price Index for final …
by confoundedinterest17 Remember when President Joe Biden uttered “I give you my word as a Biden!”? Coming from perhaps the biggest liar in history who NEVER tells the truth! Well, the latest in his long string of lies is that he is handing the strongest economy in modern times to Trump. Instead of the 1.1% …
by mrmrmrj Here are some recent “news” articles: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/08/apartment-rents-on-verge-of-declining-due-to-massive-supply.html Rents in August were just 0.28% higher than August 2022, according to RealPage. Compare that to a year ago, when rents were posting 11% annual growth. The number of new units being built is at a 50-year high, with more than 460,000 being completed this year …