r/wallstreetbets • u/Force_Hammer • 1d ago

News Powell sees tariffs raising inflation and says Fed will wait before further rate moves

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/powell-sees-tariffs-raising-inflation-and-says-fed-will-wait-before-further-rate-moves.html
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u/Cream314Fan 1d ago

I know people have been crying recession for years but with these tariffs and Jerome basically flipping the bird to the administration I genuinely think this might be the beginning of a painful 2 years of chicken straight to the bottom.

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u/SocialSuicideSquad u/RageCakes still owes me a Cleveland Steamer 1d ago

Recession?

Depression

Mother fucker perma-alienated the countries who would help drag our asses out.

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u/MissionFormal209 1d ago

Tensions are swiftly boiling, the question is how big is the pot?

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u/Cream314Fan 1d ago

For the wealthy it’s pretty big, for the rest of us it’s pretty small

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u/Dozekar 23h ago

No one with any brains was saying: crash right now. We've been saying this shit is breaking and could catastrophically break at any time don't do anything stupid.

Then this was done.