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/greatbobbyb 1d ago

Trump fucks everything up and now expects the Fed to come to the rescue

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u/ZhopaRazzi 1d ago

Private equity needs more cheap money to buy your house, your clothes, and your parents so they can then turn around and rent them back to you.

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u/TwoElksInaTurtleNeck 23h ago

Especially with layoffs and a looming recession. More people who can't afford their mortgage and have to sell for cheap out of desperation to some companies willing to offer cash. It's brilliantly evil.

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u/LeoFireGod 23h ago

Ya if my wife didn’t lose her job and us being completely fucked.

Would be a great time to buy!

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u/Vospader998 15h ago

"Buy the dip"

With what fucking money?

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u/mist2024 22h ago

Idk about you guys but I will need to be forcefully removed from anything of mine

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u/Temporary-Brain420 23h ago

Why do you think they call them paRENTs?

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u/Dozekar 22h ago

Cheap money + rising prices is good why again?

Fuck Argentina, we're going full zimbabwae this term.

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u/persona0 20h ago

Yup you will no longer own anything

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u/ApokatastasisPanton 12h ago

this is what conservatives want, literally theocratic neo-feudalism

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u/Krisevol 21h ago

They didn't need the equity, they are sitting in cash today. Did you not see the sell off?

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u/JollyGreenVampire 18h ago

jokes on them, I'm already renting out my parents

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u/ThrownForLife69 13h ago

Private Equity lives matter lol

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u/SpareWire 22h ago

Private equity

WSB boogie man has been working hard lately.