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Fed hikes rates by a quarter percentage point, indicates increases are near an end
CNBC ^ | March 22, 2023 | by Jeff Cox

Posted on 03/22/2023 11:36:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted a quarter percentage point interest rate increase, expressing caution about the recent banking crisis and indicating that hikes are nearing an end.

Along with its ninth hike since March 2022, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee noted that future increases are not assured and will depend largely on incoming data.

“The Committee will closely monitor incoming information and assess the implications for monetary policy,” the FOMC’s post-meeting statement said. “The Committee anticipates that some additional policy firming may be appropriate in order to attain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to 2 percent over time.“

That wording is a departure from previous statements which indicated “ongoing increases” would be appropriate to bring down inflation. Stocks rose slightly after the announcement, as investors waited to hear more from Chair Jerome Powell in a press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenflation; bidenomics; bidenrecession; debt; election2020; inflation; moneysupply; spending; transitory
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To: Brian Griffin

Getting less than 1% like bank accounts is even worse.


21 posted on 03/22/2023 12:06:38 PM PDT by pas
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To: mosaicwolf

I have a college education and it’s psychobabble.


22 posted on 03/22/2023 12:06:58 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Fed probably has a list of non-Fed banks which they expect/hope this rate hike to kill off.
The end of this panic is likely nationalization of the banking system after the current system is destroyed by bank runs.
One bank to rule us all.
One universal CBDC to bind us all, in the darkness.

Is is just me or is spell check gone for everyone?


23 posted on 03/22/2023 12:18:51 PM PDT by JustaTech (My mind is the weapon. Everything else is tools.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not sure you are correct on that. With a recession in process, oil prices are coming down. I would be more concerned about the effects on rates imploding Bank Balance Sheets like we just saw with SVB, First Republic, Signature Bank, etc. etc.


24 posted on 03/22/2023 12:21:54 PM PDT by Metrobank
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To: mosaicwolf
“Policy firming”. Now that is pure bureaucratic speak.

These past 50 years have seen psychotherapy, corporate management, New Age Spirituality, teen girl slang, and ghetto slang all bastardize English, each in their own way.

25 posted on 03/22/2023 12:32:22 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Metrobank

Toxic bank assets can be hidden by coerced consolidation. You cannot hide inflation. Meanwhile, fiscal policy is at odds with FED policy. All bad.


26 posted on 03/22/2023 12:55:20 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fantastic....rates are up but inflation will remain high.


27 posted on 03/22/2023 12:58:55 PM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Correct. They need another 1.5 percent and an expense cut.


28 posted on 03/22/2023 1:31:10 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: mosaicwolf
What the hell does that mean for us country folks without a college education?

The same thing it means to everyone else.

29 posted on 03/22/2023 2:59:31 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Powell even contradicted himself by basically, saying that the data will drive what happens, right after saying it’s the last rate hike for the year.


30 posted on 03/22/2023 3:06:00 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: mosaicwolf

Don’t feel bad, neither Yellen, nor Powell know what they are talking about., which is why we are where we are, and it will only get worse.


31 posted on 03/22/2023 3:07:10 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Codeflier

They don’t need to raise interest rates at all - they need to contract the money supply. Too many corrupt interests will scream, however, if that is attempted.


32 posted on 03/22/2023 4:04:59 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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