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13. What This Means

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 07:03 AM

Dec 11

Trump promised the economy would grow +3% per year. Interest rate cuts signal the economy is stalling or starting to contract. This is basically an attempt to juice the economy and ignore inflation.

Unfortunately, the only way to tame inflation is a recession. And no politician want a recession to occur on their watch.

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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 25 basis points, signals one cut ahead [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 10 OP

Did the local DC TV news providers interrupt regular programming? nitpicked Dec 10 #1

FWIW, Powell will be speaking at 2:30 Eastern nitpicked Dec 10 #2

Home prices are up 50% here since 2020 OC375 Dec 10 #3

Don't hold your breath on credit card rates either. durablend Dec 10 #7

This is Krasnov's only economic plan, gab13by13 Dec 10 #4

Interest rate futures markets are predicting *two* rate cuts in 2026 unblock Dec 10 #5

Should have done half a point hueymahl Dec 10 #6

Double digit inflation by next summer. LudwigPastorius Dec 10 #8

Desperate to prop up Trump's failing economy Prairie Gates Dec 10 #9

That is what the FED Old Crank Dec 11 #12

Who took Trump's Economics tests? Not him. Nope. twodogsbarking Dec 10 #10

Note that Stephen Miran is a Trump toady nuxvomica Dec 10 #11

What This Means modrepub Dec 11 #13