Today on TAP: Powell’s astonishingly ignorant response to easing inflation pressures
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Why the Federal Reserve Should Cool Its Jets on Interest Rates
Recent data shows a strong possibility that inflation will come down on its own.
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The Two Percent Obsession
In the face of mounting evidence that inflation is easing, the Fed clings to a perverse monetary policy. What will its meeting this week produce?
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Jay Powell as Scrooge
Today on TAP: Higher interest rates and the cost of Christmas trees
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How Fed Policies Burn Housing
Today on TAP: Higher interest rates raise housing costs to consumers in multiple ways—the opposite of the Fed’s anti-inflation goals.
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The Fed’s Thanksgiving Turkey
Today on TAP: Misleading reports on the rising cost of dinner are feeding the Fed’s appetite for more perverse rate hikes.
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Already in a Hole, the Federal Reserve Keeps Digging
Unfounded Fed tightening myths are backfiring on the economy.
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The Federal Reserve’s Overkill
Today on TAP: The central bank needs to take a pause and give its past rate hikes time to work.
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The Economy Is Still Robust
Today on TAP: Will the Fed take that health as a cue to keep strangling it?
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Private Investors Can’t Stop America From Borrowing Money
Nonsensical austerity talking points are creeping back into the political discourse.