r/wallstreetbets 1d ago

Discussion 5 rate cuts 😮

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u/ebitdur 1d ago

Powell shitting bricks just looking at these numbers. He simply won’t cut rates in this environment, inflation will skyrocket.

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u/Kriztauf 1d ago

The ErdoÄŸan school of economics says that cutting interesting rates is the best thing you can do to tame inflation

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u/MortemInferri 1d ago

Why is that? How does adding more cheap money make the dollars that already exist worth more?

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u/Pretend-Marsupial258 1d ago

The Lira's inflation rate is currently 38.1%, which is the lowest inflation they've had in years.