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Market must price higher policy uncertainty

The discussion concluded that markets must adapt to a new regime where the probability of a Fed move is no longer binary (2% or 98%) but frequently in a 33%-66% range.

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CONTESTED · 257 MENTIONS · 176 EPISODES · 33 SHOWS

9 JUL 2025 — 17 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO

72 SUPPORT · 35 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 148 MENTIONED

9 JUL 2025 · FIRST HEARD
GRANT'S CURRENT YIELD PODCAST
- Fade the three Fed rate cuts priced for 2024
53 EPISODES BETWEEN · 67 MENTIONS · 116 NOT KEPT
1. 116 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
2. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO · CHALLENGES
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE
  - Fed's pause and curve steepening signal growth
3. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  WSJ WHAT'S NEWS
  - Fed rate pause pressures market interest rates
4. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Fed shifts to laissez-faire guidance and steeper curve
5. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Yield curve steepens on Fed inflation doubts
6. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MARKETPLACE
  - Fed pauses rate hikes amid internal division
7. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
  - Fed's new regime targets money supply
8. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  PROF G MARKETS
  - Fed funds rate to remain on hold
9. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO · CHALLENGES
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Overhauling Fed balance sheet strategy and rate cuts
10. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MACROVOICES
  - Inflation persistence keeps long bond yields high
11. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE POMP PODCAST
  - Fed should tighten via balance sheet, not rates
12. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  BANKLESS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Fed fights inflation via QT, not rate hikes
  - Fed's Warsh keeps rate hikes on the table
13. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE · 4 MENTIONS
  - Market tightening may preclude Fed hikes
  - Balance sheet runoff precedes rate hikes
  - No inherent trade-off between inflation and jobs
  - Rate hikes in 2024 appear less likely
14. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Fed credibility issues over policy inconsistencies
15. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Fed opacity risks increased market volatility
16. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MARKETPLACE
  - Fed credibility questioned on inflation resolve
17. 1 AUG 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
  - Path to Fed credibility: hike rates, shrink balance sheet · CHALLENGES
  - Treasury is the dog, Fed is the tail
18. 1 AUG 2026 · 3W AGO
  WSJ WHAT'S NEWS
  - Fed rate hike bets push Treasury yields up
19. 2 AUG 2026 · 3W AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Walsh's Fed focused on market reform, not hikes
20. 3 AUG 2026 · 3W AGO
  FORWARD GUIDANCE · 3 MENTIONS
  - Fed's new lever: long-end yields over short rates
  - Long-term bond yields may be near a top · CHALLENGES
  - Warsh using balance sheet to tighten long end
21. 3 AUG 2026 · 3W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Market steepening yield curve doing Fed's job
22. 3 AUG 2026 · 3W AGO
  MOTLEY FOOL MONEY
  - Fed credibility loss, not high rates, is the risk
23. 3 AUG 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE
  - Fed balance sheet expansion equivalent to a rate cut
24. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Fed's narrow policy window risks control loss
25. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Fed behind the curve, facing multiple hikes
26. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - Fed's intentional steepening to tighten policy
27. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Higher for longer rates due to structural forces
28. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Rise in long-term yields driven by real yields, not inflation fears
29. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE
  - Fed cannot return to a freely floating rate
30. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Bond market tightening financial conditions for Fed
31. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
  - Fed should exit mortgage-backed securities
  - Warsh's hawkish reform faces political debt reality
32. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Fed's September hike hinges on inflation data
33. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Soft jobs report shifts Fed calculus toward hold
34. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Higher yields and steeper curve warranted
35. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO · CHALLENGES
  WHAT BITCOIN DID
  - Fed pause, not hike, is the bullish macro setup
36. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MOTLEY FOOL MONEY
  - Jobs report signals Fed inaction
37. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MARKETPLACE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Fed's focus may shift from inflation to jobs
  - FOMC members filling forward guidance vacuum
38. 8 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Return of financial repression to manage US debt
39. 8 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Fed rate hike odds recede on weak payrolls
40. 10 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH · 2 MENTIONS
  - R-double-star as a financial-stability benchmark
  - Central bank balance sheet debate is multi-dimensional
41. 10 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO · CHALLENGES
  REAL VISION DAILY BRIEFING
  - Soft US inflation data points to Fed cuts
42. 10 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO · CHALLENGES
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE
  - Weak jobs data reduces likelihood of Fed hike
43. 10 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Market misreading Fed Chair Warsh as dovish
44. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Platinum age of monetary policy lowers volatility
45. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Fed credibility on the line, needs September hike
46. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Fed should have hiked to preserve optionality
47. 12 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED
  - Warsh Fed seen as hawkish, curbing inflation expectations
48. 12 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  FORWARD GUIDANCE · 5 MENTIONS
  - Kevin Warsh as the credible dove in hawk's clothing
  - Post-Volcker Fed policy has gotten progressively easier
  - Removing Fed forward guidance reduces capital misallocation · CHALLENGES
  - Fed faces dovish structural shift
  - Treasury fair value near 6%
49. 12 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
  - Watch US rates market, not Fed policy
50. 12 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Long-term Treasury yields headed to 6-8%
51. 12 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Fed needs 75 bps of hikes to regain control
52. 13 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO · CHALLENGES
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Warsh Fed brings higher uncertainty, favors gold
53. 13 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Fed needs a hike to restore credibility
54. 13 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  MACROVOICES
  - Front-end vs long-end bond positioning split
14 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
MARKETPLACE · 2 MENTIONS
- Fed faces rock and a hard place
- Bond market signaling higher rates
15 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
- Fed rate hike not supported by wage data
- Fed likely on hold, next move a cut not a hike · CHALLENGES
15 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
EURODOLLAR UNIVERSITY · 2 MENTIONS
- 30-year yield rise is curve normalization, not vigilantes
- Bill market shows fading Fed hike odds
17 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH · 3 MENTIONS
17 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
BANKLESS · 5 MENTIONS
- Fed shifts to 12 independent voters
- Fed rate hikes could calm the bond market
- Forward guidance creates moral hazard
- Market must price higher policy uncertainty · THIS IDEA
- Long yields rising despite Fed cuts
17 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
THE DIVIDEND CAFE
- Fed's low guidance acts as financial tightening

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