r/wallstreetbets • u/abishop717 • 1d ago

Discussion 5 rate cuts 😮

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u/Rrrrandle 1d ago

The feds job isn't to save the stock market, it's to keep inflation and unemployment low. Lowering rates now does nothing for either.

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u/2squishy 1d ago

Yeah the focus is probably avoiding stagflation at this point.

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u/george_pubic 1d ago

If they follow the 70s example of stagflation, rate cuts are almost certainly not in the cards. Mass unemployment hasn't hit yet and inflation is probably about to skyrocket given historically how tarrifs work. The only way rates get cut is if Peach Man fires J Pow and replaces him with a someone willing to cut rates in spite of inflation. Which, is absolutely a distinct possibility.

Calls on inflation. Puts on J Pow's upholstery. 

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u/2squishy 1d ago

Oh my lord please don't remind him about interest rates. If that happens we're even more fucked. Anything besides TIPS that could weather that storm?