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Mark.b2

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9. I would have preferred the half-point...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 02:40 PM

Sep 17

I’m in supply chain and logistics world, and we are in year three of a freight recession. 2022 was glorious and nothing but disappointment since.

Our retailer customers are not shipping big yet for Christmas yet again.

The service economy is doing pretty well, but unfortunately for me, it doesnt require trucks and trains!

I suppose a small cut albeit a few months late is better than nothing. Maybe by spring, these cuts will manifest .

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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for first time this year, sees 2 more cuts in 2025 [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 17 OP

Unemployment is low?.................... Lovie777 Sep 17 #1

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WHEEE! Fiendish Thingy Sep 17 #7

Remember how Volcker defeated stagflation? IronLionZion Sep 17 #12

If Trump gains control of the Fed, and it's no longer an independent agency, all bets are off Fiendish Thingy Sep 17 #13

Biden and Obama were both saddled with badly crippled economies IronLionZion Sep 17 #14

But that included cooperation from the Fed Fiendish Thingy Sep 17 #15

yes, Dems have to spend a couple years cleaning up shit Skittles Sep 18 #18

The magical rate cut looks like a fizzle - they're not going to solve this problem Prairie Gates Sep 17 #8

I would have preferred the half-point... Mark.b2 Sep 17 #9

They caved. Trump won. ananda Sep 17 #10

The unemployment picture suggested this is what they would do BumRushDaShow Sep 17 #17

Unfortunately, the tariffs and probably AI will exacerbate the already rapidly rising inflation progree Sep 19 #19

They are in a bind BumRushDaShow Sep 19 #21

Super! durablend Sep 17 #11

"Fed officials have also had to take into account elevated levels of inflation in recent weeks." progree Sep 17 #16

The power of inflation: you know how retail sales increased a hefty 0.6% in August, per the media? progree Sep 19 #20