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bucolic_frolic

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1. Powell was the best damn Fed chair in my lifetime

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 03:19 PM

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He did nothing crazy. He followed the data, he was most transparent with interpreting the data for the public. He didn't print, print, print like Greenspoon or G. William Miller, he was very deliberate and methodical. He raised rates in steps, you knew where the Fed was going with it. Bernanke and Greenspan were nuts.

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