I'm curious who thinks the Fed might actually cut rates and is counting on inflation to inflate the debt away. This would be a post WW2 1940s yield curve control.
Companies like Anthropic want to IPO in a week. You cannot IPO and raise cash in a high interest rate environment.
It would be sold to the American public as stimulation for the economy. $5000 could be considered COVID money almost, although I'm not sure this is even legal.
I'm just asking. The odds of a rate HIKE are already priced in at 90 percent according to Yahoo Finance. Yet the stock market has been almost flat for a month now.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/article/fed-rate-hike-odds-surge-to-90-on-monthly-jump-in-core-prices-131206510.html
I'm posting, asking to play devil's advocate. What if the media is lying to you and me. Aren't we supposed to buy the fear and sell the news. The fear is already priced in. So what do you have to lose?
