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Fed policy underestimating inflation and affordability pressures
The guest argued that US interest rates are likely to trend higher as the Fed is forced to confront persistent inflation and public affordability concerns, contrary to its current easing bias.
The argument
The guest noted that while incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh may argue AI is deflationary, persistent commodity inflation and hawkish dissenters within the Fed (like Logan and Hammock) point toward a potential need to raise rates. Market pricing has already begun shifting, with over a 40% chance of rate hikes priced in for next year.
The thesis, stress-tested
✓ What validates it
- ✓The 30-year Treasury yield sustaining above 5%
- ✓Additional formal dissents from Fed members favoring rate hikes
▸ Risks discussed
- ▸A sharp economic slowdown that forces the Fed to cut rates
- ▸AI-driven productivity gains proving highly deflationary as Kevin Warsh suggests
Hear it yourself
"are here another edition of Monetary Matters live on monitoring the situation. I'm Jack Farley. And I'm Max Wheatley. We've got a big day, Jack. It's almost a comically large amount of news we have to get into. We're gonna be speaking about the Fed in just a moment with Jim Bianco of Bianco Research."
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