Did Powell Just End the Bull Run? Vindication. That was the word on my mind this morning as I read the latest statement from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. After over a year of insisting that high inflation was merely transitory, Powell finally said “uncle” today when he admitted that it was “time to retire the word transitory regarding inflation.” Powell continued, adding that the “threat of persistently higher inflation has grown.” Does that ring a bell to anyone? We’ve been arguing that high inflation would be a longer-term problem ever since Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed it wouldn’t. Now, following month-after-month of sky-high inflation prints, Powell’s thrown in the towel. Yellen will probably capitulate also so as to provide the façade of a united front against runaway prices. I’d be more than happy to take a victory lap on this considering how much Powell, Yellen, the White House, and mainstream financial media have repeatedly balked at the notion of persistently high inflation. But it’s really nothing to feel good about. The fact that it took this long for the most powerful central bank in the world to finally “catch up” with rational investors should be seen as extremely demoralizing. (...continued below...) |
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