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US inflation unexpectedly increases to 3% in January (www.ft.com)
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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@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Unexpectedly”? Put down the pipe, FT.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

Don’t worry trump will make it way worse

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month 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.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 10 points 1 month ago

yeah. unexpectedly. /s