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The Fed can't save the economy

The Fed can't save the economy

A slowing pace of rate hikes is appropriate, but we need supply-driven growth

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Dec 19, 2022
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates last week by 0.5 percentage points, a rapid shift compared to the Fed’s traditional 0.25 percentage point increments but a slowdown from the .75 percentage point increases following the past few meetings.

This seems like an appropriate decision, but I think going forward the Fed should probably slow back down to…

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