🚨 FED CORNERED BY THE DATA 👀 | Rate Cuts Are a Matter of Time
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is running out of room. Headline CPI printed 2.7% (in-line), while Core CPI fell to 2.6%, below expectations. Inflation isn’t accelerating — it’s cooling. Even Truflation is tracking below ~1.8%, reinforcing the trend.
Here’s the problem for the Fed 👇
Rates remain tight while growth is slowing, unemployment has climbed to ~4.4%, and financial stress is building. Compare that to 2024: the Fed cut 50 bps with higher inflation (3.3%) and lower unemployment (4.1%). Today, conditions are weaker — yet policy stays hawkish.
Powell can talk tough, but the data speaks louder. The Fed is behind the curve, and markets know it. Cuts aren’t a question of “if,” but “when.” 2026 is shaping up to force their hand.
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