As worries surface about the Federal Reserve reining in its current stimulus, CNBC’s Christine Tan spoke exclusively with Paul Volcker, former Fed chairman, about stagflation and risky trading in the U.S.
Volcker was the last adult to serve with a sense of public duty as Fed head. He seems to be genuinely amazed at the extremes the Bernanke led Fed has ventured to date to re-stimulate demand and asset markets: “I don’t no what more stimulus the Federal Reserve could have quite frankly.” So when the next recession does confirm in North American data, the question is what magical monetary policy will come to the rescue then? Here is a direct link.
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Cory’s Chart Corner
Many will focus the blame of market drawdowns on the tariffs and ignore the fact the SP500 (only a few weeks ago) was trading at 4 std devs above its historical mean…valuation also matters.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetterBREAKING: The European Union is preparing further counter measures against newly announced US tariffs of 20%, per CNBC.
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