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3. The sky's the limit in terms of the damage they can do with a toady at the fed helm

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 10:39 AM

Jun 2025

So much about what the fed does is incredibly careful, data-driven, cautious, deliberate, measured. Quarter-point moves communicated months in advance....

I can see donnie ranting one day about interest rates and the fed toady slams it all the way down to zero the same day,

The next day adjusting after the market goes bananas.

If you think the markets went nuts over tariffs, you ain't seen nothin' yet!

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