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The Latest Breaking News from Paul Volcker

Jimmy Carter has been wronged by history

Ronald Reagan, meanwhile, benefits from an eternal free pass

Financial Times

Alan Kohler: The undemocratic independent Reserve Bank

Politicians refer so often to the “independent” Reserve Bank that its initials should change to the IRBA, writes Alan Kohler.

The New Daily

Forget inflation, Jefferies says to watch out for a 'disinflation era' like the early 1980s

When former Fed Chair Paul Volcker hiked interest rates to quash inflation in the early 80s, a recession and disinflation followed. Jefferies sees a similar fate for the economy this year.

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How long will we use human misery to control inflation?

An interest rate increase? On the agenda? Try eight, actually happening. Dr Lowe and his RBA colleagues did get left behind.

The New Daily

U.S. Economy, S&P 500 Face Hard Landing — Unless The Federal Reserve Does This

With wage growth far too hot, the Federal Reserve may need to implicitly hike its 2% inflation target to avoid a hard landing for the economy.

Investors Business Daily

Monetary curbs have long-term consequences

The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana famously warned that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". But sometimes even those who can recall the past have a selective memory and draw the wrong conclusions. This is how the global policy response to the current bout of inflation…

Bangkok Post

Amid fiscal shock and awe, more austerity is the last thing we need

A collapse in credibility under the former Tory PM is being followed by a return to ‘sado-monetarism’ under the new one

The Guardian - UK

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We need serious public policy, not more printed money – the US economy is in tatters

Decades of bailouts have convinced some that the Fed will always come to the rescue – but this only papers over the fundamental flaws of the US economy

The Guardian - US

Fed seen aggressively hiking to 5%, triggering global recession

Federal Reserve officials will maintain their resolutely hawkish stance next week, laying the groundwork for interest rates reaching 5% by March 2023, moves that seem likely to lead to a U.S. and global recession, economists surveyed by Bloomberg said.

Tribune News Service

Buckle Up For 2023: Inflation Is Still Rampant, New PCE Data Shows

U.S. inflation, as measured by the Federal Reserve's preferred Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, remains unchanged at 6.2% annually in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Benzinga

The 'Experts' Were Never Going To Fix Inflation

The idea that the Fed has the knowledge necessary to control the economy with perfectly calibrated policies was always an illusion.

Reason

Higher Interest Rates Can Take a Long Time to Bring Down Inflation

The world's central banks face a nail-biting wait.

Bangkok Post

The Fed Is Skating To Where The Puck Was: Comparisons To Volcker's 1980s Inflation Are 'Conceptually Wrong,' Says This Economist

Unbeknownst to many, the gift for the 43rd anniversary of marriage is entertainment; to stretch it further, this fall marks the 43rd anniversary of a pivotal event in the history of the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy.

Benzinga

When your seatmate on the plane talks about the Fed, you know things aren't right

The woman next to me, who described herself as knowing "zero" about the economy, asked whether I thought the Federal Reserve would continue raising interest rates. I felt an acute sense of dread.

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Memories of the 1970s haunt the Fed, pushing its aggressive rate moves

The Federal Reserve is cracking down hard on inflation, in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the 1970s, when price hikes were so sustained, they got baked in to people's thinking.

Benzinga

Cathie Wood Says Powell's 'Sledgehammer' To 'Slay' Inflation Way More Powerful Than Volcker's In 1980s: 'Fed Could Undermine Its Legacy'

Cathie Wood, the founder of ARK Investment Management, has said the current U.S. monetary policy is significantly more restrictive than in the 1980s when, to kill inflation, former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker had pushed the Fed funds rate up two-fold from 10% to 20%.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The Fed’s monetary malpractice will cost you

The goal of the latest interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve? To avoid a deep recession “by acting with resolve now,” according to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. But if history is any guide, this is a case of too little, too late.

Tribune News Service

Powell signals more pain to come with Fed sending rates higher

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed officials would crush inflation after they raised interest rates by 75 basis points for a third straight time and signaled even more aggressive hikes ahead than investors had expected.

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The Independent UK

Powell: Higher rates won't likely cause deep US recession

The last time the Federal Reserve faced inflation as high as it is now, in the early 1980s, it jacked up interest rates to double-digit levels — and in the process caused a deep recession and sharply higher unemployment

The Conversation

Liz Truss faces a financial whirlwind – will her plans for the economy work?

Liz Truss may have won the battle to become Britain’s next prime minister, but don’t expect much time for her to settle into office. People’s living standards are predicted to fall by an unprecedented 10% over the next two years, driven by rising prices of energy and other goods.

The New Daily

Market Wrap: Tough talk from the US and a BHP stock shock dominate this week’s markets

US markets tumbled this week after the Federal Reserve chair made a hawkish rates speech, while BHP shares dragged down the ASX

StockNews.com

Are Bears Ready to Push Stocks Back to June Lows?

The recent 18% rally for the S&P 500 (SPY) was a flight of fancy. Fed Chairman Powell made sure that message was heard loud and clear from the mountain tops in Jackson Hole. This sets up for an interesting fork in the road where dropping back down the June lows…

Foreign Policy

The United States Is Fighting Inflation With History

Fed chief Jerome Powell wants the world to understand his present decisions are guided by past traumas.

The Independent UK

Climate change alters life at Fed's Jackson Hole conference

When officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sought a location for an annual economic symposium in 1981, they chose Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a simple reason: It had fly-fishing

The Conversation

If interest rates are raised high enough to kill off inflation, how bad will the consequences be?

Cineworld has signalled its intention to declare bankruptcy. Like many companies in the UK and elsewhere, the London-based cinema chain took on massive amounts of debt to expand. It is expected to use the Chapter 11 process in the US to restructure its debt and other obligations.

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