Into the Night
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If the idea was to bring down inflation, then it's hard to argue that the rate cuts weren't effective. That said, there are so many variables that impact both supply and demand, it's impossible to know how much each of those variables has impacted prices. For example, we know that the Covid variables (pent up consumer demand, supply side issues, infusion of dollars into the money supply, etc.) were and are still at work. Egg prices shot up due to avian flu, and they are now dropping at a record pace. The Ukraine war was a huge variable.
Point is there is no way to know how much one factor that impacts demand had on prices. But the good news is that it appears we have adjusted the levers such that we have NOT gone into recession, job creation remains strong, and growth is slow but steady. That says we have, through legislation and policies, mitigated the impact of the Fed raising rates. IMHO it's impressive.
The ONE factor is DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS ordered the Fed to print more money (faster than wealth being created through capitalism), a direct cause of inflation.
DEMOCRATS started the current economic depression in 2019 by fear mongering Covid19.
DEMOCRATS caused 'supply side issues' by causing higher fuel costs and lingering problems with ports due to covid19 bullshit. Not enough trucks and ships, dude.
Only the Fed can infuse dollars into the money supply. It's been ordered by DEMOCRATS to do so.
Egg prices shot up because of DEMOCRAT interference with the market, blaming it on 'avian flu' and destroying birds not even infected with it!
The Ukraine war is not part of our economy and doesn't affect it. It was enabled, BTW, by DEMOCRATS. Putin has nothing to fear from Biden.
There are no magick 'levers'.
Job creation in GOVERNMENT remains strong. Jobs in private industry are going unfilled because of government welfare caused by DEMOCRATS.
Economic depression is NOT 'mitigating' anything.
