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Fred Hayek's avatar

Good article Pomp. You are correct as usual. Ignore the leftwing tards and their TDS comments. They are fools and will believe every leftist talking point they hear.

Trumps policies are mostly deflationary. He supports lower energy costs, lower personnal taxes, lower corporate taxes, lower regulations, and small government, all of which deflationary. Even tariffs can be deflationary when combined with Trump's pro-business environment (Grok "reasons why tariffs can be deflationary"). The Fed should have cut a long time ago...the tariffs are just an excuse not to.

Powell lowered rates three times previously, all when inflation was higher than it is now. The reason for the change from now? Back then a Democrat was President. The Fed is not raising because they hate Trump, and they'd rather hurt America than give him a win.

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Nick Pearce's avatar

Hmmm really? You're engaging either in wishful thinking or showing your political colors. I appreicate a lot of what you write but this is disappointing.

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Mark Yates's avatar

Agreed he’s lost!

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Bull in a Bear Suit's avatar

very nicely done :)

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Mark Yates's avatar

Well I’ll send you the bill for my yogurt then. Lol. Prices are sky high again.

2 small Yogurts were $19.

Your data is wrong period.

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GW's avatar

Oh this economy is going to collapse if a sovereign debt crisis. Government will not survive. By 2030 it’s all down hill. Maybe even deflationary. Wait till pensions don’t cash.

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GIBBI's avatar

One question Pomp,

Now that you support that the inflation isn't increasing, what data do you use to invest in your portafolio: PPI or CPI?,

It'd be interesting to know that info to see if you're investing according to what you say and support, let's see

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Joe's avatar

The effects of most tarrifs haven't reached retail yet and have barely reached producers. You should know better than to have such a high time preference. Let's see what happens in year. Then we might have some data that actually means something.

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Ed Y.'s avatar

I’m betting nothing will change that much over a year. Trump imposed tariffs on China during his first term, and inflation was lower than 2%.

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Joe's avatar

I have no idea what will happen , but based on the timing and the way "policy" changes every few weeks, neither does Pomp or anyone else.

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Judd Hirschberg's avatar

Interesting dates. 4/2/25 was liberation day. Not impressed with you a.i. author, stats or conclusions.

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Craig Pedersen's avatar

I vote for Pomp as the new Fed Chief!

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David Hunter's avatar

Of course inflation is falling. Inflation is up 100% over 10 years, but folks, take heart. Inflation has fallen 1% this month. Whoopee! Let's celebrate.

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