In a development that is certain to infuriate and disappoint anti-American Democrats and leftards everywhere, the Fed Chairman admits the economy is strong and likely to remain so through 2020, inflation is low and contained, and interest rates are likely to remain at or about where they are. MAGA, baby!!!
Powell says the Fed is not forecasting or expecting a recession
“We’re not forecasting or expecting a recession,” he said. “The most likely outlook is still moderate growth, a strong labor market and inflation continuing to move back up.”
“Our main expectation is not at all that there will be a recession,” Powell said.
Actually what this means is the Fed is not going to submit to Trump's demands they take interest rates into negative territory.
I knew some bitter, no-info NeverTrumper would take the bait. The "non-political" Fed began raising rates virtually on the day Trump was elected, effectively tapping the brakes on our economy. They had kept them at 1/2% or lower for Obama's entire 8 years.
Yeah ... no bias there either.
Um...retard?
They began raising rates in 2015. Long before Trump was elected.
The economy was doing just fine, even during Trump's first year. The Dow grew 34 percent his first year.
Then the dumbass started his trade war. You know how much the Dow has gone up in the two years since then?
FIVE percent. And GDP nosedived, along with the manufacturing index, and farmers.
That's ALLLLLLLL Trump.