US inflation has dropped more than expected to 2.8% in February, potentially paving the way for earlier interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve amid intensifying fears that President Donald Trump’s aggressive economic agenda is hampering growth. https://on.ft.com/3XHfcWs
🤦🏽♂️ Why do we keep playing games with facts, twisting reality to manipulate the masses? It’s time to start calling things as they are, no sugarcoating, no distractions, just the truth. Our country is in real trouble. The signs are all there, but too many people choose to ignore them. We need to brace ourselves for a weakening economy and the real possibility of a recession, not just political talking points, but an actual economic downturn that will shake people to their core. Trump supporters believed we were in a recession under Biden. But now, they’re about to see what a real one looks like. And when it hits, no amount of spin, denial, or wishful thinking will change reality. The question is—are we ready for it?
Well, you'll have cost-push inflation with the tariffs and not demand-pull inflation, so you are putting money in the hands of people for they to support very high prices through credits, and you won't even be able to lower prices by raising interest rates again as it won't be a demand-pull inflation. So, inflation will continue to go up up up up and you can't do nothing about it, through the interest rates. This Trump tariff thing is a cool soap opera to watch, I'll call it "The Twilight of the USA". :P
Finally, some good economic news… too bad I still can’t afford eggs.
With initiatives from DOGE ongoing in the BLS, nobody knows how reliable these figures are anymore as Politico points out https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/12/elon-musk-doge-labor-department-data-00203655
If they are smart enough, interest rates won’t be cut, as tariffs have not yet been reflected in inflation. They must be prepared.
Interesting but let’s not forget that in economics such things do not catch up instantly… We’ll see the effects of tarriffs which were dubbed as ‘anti-inflationary’ during the election campaign in about 3 months time at the least.
Inflation is price fixing and margin setting, not actually supply and demand inflation, so this is just another coordinated effort to create an anti tariff narrative. Inflation was always fake. You can't have record high corporate profits and out of control inflation.
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3hAnd USD didn't get the memo for me Financial Times