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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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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“Unexpectedly”? Put down the pipe, FT.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Don’t worry trump will make it way worse

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

yeah. unexpectedly. /s