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>More difficult is that core services—the item that the Fed has the most control over—only represents 3% of current inflation.

This was interesting to me. Why is core services more under their control than core goods?

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Jul 16, 2022Liked by Joseph Politano

Thanks for providing additional granularity into inflation's disposition. I envision continued rate hikes and potential ad hoc austerity to curtail the slope.

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Jul 16, 2022Liked by Joseph Politano

No doubt it will make the Federal Reserve go for a substantial rate hike. It makes a recession more likely.

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