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Viktor Shvets on How the Fed Has Become a Prisoner of Its Own Making

May 13, 2024
Join Viktor Shvets, a Macquarie strategist with a keen eye for global macroeconomic trends, as he discusses the Federal Reserve's precarious position. He argues that the Fed has become a 'prisoner' of its own data-dependent policies. Shvets explores the implications of recent inflation data for interest rates and examines the repercussions of the Biden administration's tariffs on China. He also delves into generational shifts affecting investments and critiques the Fed's communication strategies in an evolving economic landscape.
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  • The Fed's reliance on 'dot plot' projections and data dependency hinders flexibility in interest rate decisions.
  • The challenges faced by the Fed in balancing economic readings and external factors like tariffs on global market stability.

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