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Aug 31, 2023Liked by The Rational Walk

Excellent post. Thanks.

Should be front page op ed in both Bloomberg and WSJ.

And required reading for all financial journalists and reporters including a detailed quiz follow up to test their comprehension!

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Aug 31, 2023Liked by The Rational Walk

"Instead, policy debates over inflation occur in resorts like Jackson Hole that no ordinary American could ever hope to visit." Great sentence whose point is often forgotten or not recognized

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I don't think the Fed even cares about optics. After all, they are totally unaccountable to the American people.

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Agree, suppose it has to be that way ie to tame inflation people will have to lose jobs as Powell said, but the powers that be should not act like the victim when the understandable backlash and skepticism arrives!

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