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Topic: Federal Reserve Meeting Today! March 20, 2024 - page 2. (Read 270 times)

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For them to start lowering the interest rates there has to be some positive signals regarding inflation. But all we have now is negative signals and negative news so the chances of an interest cut should be 0%. For example in the seas US regime is losing as their support of genocide continues, consequently that conflict has led to cost of import/export skyrocketing that will directly and indirectly affect price of everything meaning higher inflation.
The disruption of the passage of ships through the Red Sea poses a global trade threat but some economists believe it will affect Europe and Asia more than the US. Most of these ships that use this route are sailing to or from Europe and East Asia.

There is also a report that the US is directly benefiting from these attacks because it has led to high demand for the US-produced shale. Instead of risking the passage through the Red Sea or spending more passing through Africa, oil customers now consider the US shale as a cheaper and safer alternative. This has led to an increase in the demand of the US suppliers. The war might be costing the US a lot but it seems they still have some means to recover these losses. 
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The possibility of a rise in interest rates is unlikely, as it may give negative signals since we are at high interest rates and inflation is still not responding to that. Most likely, we will wait until the second or third quarter of the year without a change in interest rates, and then see what can happen.
Energy prices and employment data are still good compared to last year.
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For them to start lowering the interest rates there has to be some positive signals regarding inflation. But all we have now is negative signals and negative news so the chances of an interest cut should be 0%. For example in the seas US regime is losing as their support of genocide continues, consequently that conflict has led to cost of import/export skyrocketing that will directly and indirectly affect price of everything meaning higher inflation.

Things are definitely getting complicated for the FED, on one hand they want to battle inflation but on the other hand they are causing recession!

The two choices are either accepting inflation rising faster or will increase interest rates more to try to keep its increase minimal. In the second scenario we may see bitcoin's rally slow down or ever stop and reverse while in the first scenario the higher inflation could help the ongoing rally get much stronger.
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I think he will cut by .25%

Everyone seems sure he will stay frozen.

If you look back at the 2007-2008 fuckup. That is what they did stay frozen 3 adjustment in row frozen and they crashed it all.

So my guess is he shakes things up and cuts a bit.

Interesting, that would be bullish for Bitcoin & other risk-on assets. I think rates will stay the same but hopefully you’re right.
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The year has seen inflation numbers have a slight surge, showing that inflation is indeed "sticky". What will Jerome Powell do? Rate cuts are absolutely out of the question. Will Powell increase interest-rates again to curb inflation? I believe not today, but let's listen to his speech and see what he has in mind for 2024.

I'm confident that he'll say "maintain interest-rates at 5.5% until new data suggests a change", and "most probably it's higher for longer".

I think he will cut by .25%

Everyone seems sure he will stay frozen.

If you look back at the 2007-2008 fuckup. That is what they did stay frozen 3 adjustment in row frozen and they crashed it all.

So my guess is he shakes things up and cuts a bit.
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I’m unsure how the markets will react to the expected news that rates are kept at 5.5%


It will be like nothing changed, but legacy markets may react negatively on what kind of policies Jerome Powell might suggest for the next quarters of the year. Although, he will probably not say anything. The Federal Reserve will use their "data-dependent" excuse again.

I'm confident that he'll say "maintain interest-rates at 5.5% until new data suggests a change", and "most probably it's higher for longer".

The 5.5% interest rate has been in place since July last year as the government keeps on fighting inflation. This has made borrowing expansive and reduced spending. Although Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that interest rates might be cut three times this year he didn't give any timeline for this decision. The majority of economists or analysts predict that the Fed will maintain the same interest rate. Maybe the cut will start from June and this could affect the price of Bitcoin positively.


Inflation is sticky. If he cuts rates three times this year, inflation will come back, then what will he do? Raise rates again, and probably more than 5.5%.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I'm confident that he'll say "maintain interest-rates at 5.5% until new data suggests a change", and "most probably it's higher for longer".
The 5.5% interest rate has been in place since July last year as the government keeps on fighting inflation. This has made borrowing expansive and reduced spending. Although Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that interest rates might be cut three times this year he didn't give any timeline for this decision. The majority of economists or analysts predict that the Fed will maintain the same interest rate. Maybe the cut will start from June and this could affect the price of Bitcoin positively.
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I’m unsure how the markets will react to the expected news that rates are kept at 5.5%

I agree that he will not cut rates yet, rumours are that May is the earliest it would happen. I still think we are in a precarious position, the threat of recession is not yet over.
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The year has seen inflation numbers have a slight surge, showing that inflation is indeed "sticky". What will Jerome Powell do? Rate cuts are absolutely out of the question. Will Powell increase interest-rates again to curb inflation? I believe not today, but let's listen to his speech and see what he has in mind for 2024.

I'm confident that he'll say "maintain interest-rates at 5.5% until new data suggests a change", and "most probably it's higher for longer".
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