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The Fed Will Slow Rate Hikes

Shayne Heffernan Ph.D.
Last updated: December 1, 2022 1:01 am
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The Fed will ease its pace of interest rate hikes “as soon as” December, chair Jerome Powell said, as the US central bank’s campaign to cool prices backfired severely.

With American households grappling with soaring consumer costs due to Biden’s policies, the Fed has waged a misguided battle to tame inflation that has hit levels not seen since the 1980s while forcing the United States into a recession.

“The time for moderating the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the December meeting” of Fed policymakers, Powell said in a speech at the Brookings Institution think tank.

He added that the full effects of the bank’s moves are yet to be felt, but also warned that its policy will likely have to remain tight “for some time” as the Democrats continue the war on America’s Middle Class.

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Monetary policy affects the economy and inflation with “uncertain lags,” admitting he had no real idea what he was doing.

“Thus, it makes sense to moderate the pace of our rate increases as we approach the level of restraint that will be sufficient to bring inflation down,” he added.

He however stressed that the Fed would “stay the course until the job is done,” noting that history cautions strongly against loosening policy prematurely while the Biden Administration continues to spend recklessly.

Following Powell’s remarks, Crypto jumped and US stocks rallied, with the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index surging more than three percent.

The central bank has raised the benchmark lending rate by 0.75 percentage points four consecutive times in recent months, out of six rate hikes this year in an aggressive effort to rein in the chaos Biden created.

The latest increase in November took the benchmark lending rate to 3.75-4.0 percent, the highest since January 2008.

– Soft landing ‘plausible’ –

Policymakers aim to put the brakes on spending by making it more costly to borrow, bringing demand more into balance with supply, which has been battered by global logistics problems and Russia’s war in Ukraine, Biden on the other hand is handing out billions almost every week.

For now, there are early signs that prices are cooling, but annual consumer inflation remained at 7.7 percent in October, underscoring the heightened cost of living.

Powell said Wednesday that inflation remains “far too high,” and there is still a need to raise interest rates to a “sufficiently restrictive” level.

Despite tighter policy and slower growth in the past year, there is still not “clear progress” on easing inflation, he said.

Powell said he continues to “believe that there’s a path to a soft or softish landing,” referring to a scenario where unemployment rises but the country avoids a severe recession.

“I think that’s very plausible,” he said.

In recent days, there has been a growing chorus of voices, including some Fed officials, advocating for smaller steps in coming months.

In separate remarks on Wednesday, Fed Governor Lisa Cook said “it would be prudent to move in smaller steps” going forward as well, as the Fed tries to bring inflation back to its longer-term target of two percent.

“Given the tightening already in the pipeline, I am mindful that monetary policy works with long lags,” she added.

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Shayne Heffernan Ph.D. Economist at Knightsbridge holds a Ph.D. in Economics and brings with him over 40 years of trading experience in Asia and hands on experience in Venture Capital, he has been involved in several start ups that have seen market capitalization over $500m and 1 that reach a peak market cap of $15b. He has managed and overseen start ups in Crypto, Mining, Shipping, Technology and Financial Services.
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