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The dreaded “surprise” rate hike

Posted on 9/14/22 at 5:56 am
Posted by TDFreak
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 5:56 am
What is the likelihood of an unscheduled rate increase now? Throw in a 50bp hike a few weeks after a 75bp hike next week. Or do they just go big and give a us a 100bp next week and call it a day?

They’ve done unscheduled rate cuts when the economy (GDP) tanks.

And they said they’d be proactive on this (yet they weren’t).
Posted by Strannix
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52950 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 6:00 am to
100bp is still a garden house on a sawmill fire
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 7:11 am to
I think they're just going to do 100s until inflation breaks. We might need 2 more of those to halt the current pressure.

(ETA: Unless another 100 does more than we think it will and, maybe a 50 or 75 is warranted as follow up. Frankly, I think it will be more like 2 more 100s and a 50/75 to settle things into a new normal. Won't be great for home buyers, but inflation has to be stopped, period.)
This post was edited on 9/14/22 at 7:13 am
Posted by Realityintheface
Member since May 2022
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 7:15 am to
Gut says 100 next.
Posted by SloaneRanger
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 7:19 am to
We will have a brutal recession and inflation. This is way beyond the Fed’s ability to control.
Posted by meansonny
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Member since Sep 2012
26045 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 7:30 am to
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We will have a brutal recession and inflation. This is way beyond the Fed’s ability to control.


It is the feds fault for misdiagnosing the situation and misprescribing the remedy for the past 2 years.
I blame political pressure (both parties) for castrating the feds ability to look at the big picture without a slanted take at combating inflation.
Posted by Shepherd88
Member since Dec 2013
4891 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 7:54 am to
Negative, this is Congress fault for pumping out stimmy checks and free PPP money.

Once that money gets into m2 supply then it’s out of the Fed’s control.
Posted by thunderbird1100
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Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 8:04 am to
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It is the feds fault for misdiagnosing the situation and misprescribing the remedy for the past 2 years.
I blame political pressure (both parties) for castrating the feds ability to look at the big picture without a slanted take at combating inflation.


Pretty much this.

The Fed should have been increasing rates in Q3 or at latest Q4 last year when inflation was clearly starting to run rampant, but political pressure or whatever you want to blame it on won out and we didnt see our first rate increases until March of this year when things were on a 40 year out of control cycle. For whatever reason we want to blame, the fed just didnt react when inflation was running 5-7% in the middle/late of last year which is double/triple what they want it to be. They waited until it was pouring over 8% to do anything.

This whole situation is not the feds fault, but all the "this is transitory" inflation we were hearing about last year everybody could see through.
This post was edited on 9/14/22 at 8:14 am
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 8:37 am to
It’ll be .75 for the next two meetings, then .5 or .25 - the severity doesn’t really matter all that much, it’s more about the terminal rate.

Headline inflation was up 0.1% in August after being flat in July. Even if it goes up 0.2% MoM, you’re going to be at 2.21% YoY by June 2023. We could he looking at YoY inflation numbers below the Fed funds rate by March.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58529 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 8:42 am to
Like 10 people still work

Everybody gets food stamps except me
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
49230 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 9:57 am to
My rates are all locked in and I don’t intend on buying anything anytime soon. I just hope and pray I don’t get laid off!
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
37156 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 10:46 am to
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This whole situation is not the feds fault, but all the "this is transitory" inflation we were hearing about last year everybody could see through


The transitory language should never have been taken seriously. And I don't think it generally was. A lot of the language from the fed shouldn't be taken seriously. It amounts to Monday morning coffee talk after getting blackout drunk on Saturday.

The recent discussion about learning more about inflation (or how little we know) was similar.

Really? We really didn't know pushing out three stimulus checks while reducing productivity would cause major inflation? Come on. No one would accept that nonsense from an economics major - let alone the fed chairman.
Posted by tokenBoiler
Lafayette, Indiana
Member since Aug 2012
4986 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 10:46 am to
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Everybody gets food stamps except me
I'll sell you some - I need my McD.

Posted by Asharad
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Member since Dec 2010
6301 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 10:55 am to
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We will have a brutal recession and inflation. This is way beyond the Fed’s ability to control.
they have the ability, but their reaction time is 24 months too slow
Posted by UpstairsComputer
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2017
1800 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 11:07 am to
quote:

The recent discussion about learning more about inflation (or how little we know) was similar.

Really? We really didn't know pushing out three stimulus checks while reducing productivity would cause major inflation? Come on. No one would accept that nonsense from an economics major - let alone the fed chairman.


Exactly. They have over 400 PhD's on staff. Not a surprise.

They are in between a rock and a hard place trying to hang on here. They are not telling us everything they know. If they could get away with hiking faster, they would. They, as always, are kicking the can a far along as possible and now are even saying in not so many words, 'this is going to end badly'. I've never heard a Fed chairman use the words "expect" and "pain" together. I can't imagine a more clear signal to reduce risk.
Posted by Bard
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Member since Oct 2008
57986 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 11:12 am to
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What is the likelihood of an unscheduled rate increase now?


I'm going with 0%, at least from now til the September meeting (I think we see a .75 increase from it).

They won't have the advanced numbers for October by their November meeting so if there is an emergency increase before the November meeting it will be because either the September numbers came in and were horrible and/or inflation noticeably increases over October. Otherwise, the only other reason I could see an emergency meeting would be if they did only a .5 in the November meeting and the October numbers come out and are far worse than they were expecting.
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
26045 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 11:34 am to
quote:

The transitory language should never have been taken seriously. And I don't think it generally was. A lot of the language from the fed shouldn't be taken seriously. It amounts to Monday morning coffee talk after getting blackout drunk on Saturday.

The recent discussion about learning more about inflation (or how little we know) was similar.

Really? We really didn't know pushing out three stimulus checks while reducing productivity would cause major inflation? Come on. No one would accept that nonsense from an economics major - let alone the fed chairman.


They should be fired. Honestly.
If you refuse to do your job...
If you are repeatedly on camera speaking to the public and you can't properly reference the current state of the economy...
If you are repeatedly on camera prescribing how you are leading monetary policy to navigate waters and nothing you do matters (per your own words)...

You should be fired.
I'm sick of it. There are too many apologists. 2+ years later, everything is public record and you failed.
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
37156 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 12:38 pm to
Garbage in. Garbage out.

They are and have been constrained by the elected officials and by inference the electorate.

There's a truism about the definition of a political gaffe is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
4314 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:16 pm to
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Negative, this is Congress fault for pumping out stimmy checks and free PPP money.



Bingo! It's almost as if we could look at historical records and realize giving out free money is a terrible idea.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
135726 posts
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:00 pm to
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giving out free money is a terrible idea.
Yes.
But in this instance, "free money" is not basis of inflation (at least not yet). Strength of the USD speaks to the premise.

Inflation in this instance is secondary to supply reduction via supply-chain reduction. Shepherd88 referenced PPP money, aka stay-at-home-instead-of-returning-to-work payola. Insofar as PPP contributed to worker shortfalls, disrupting supply, he's correct.
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