🧠 Jerome Powell took to the microphone — and the market was like: “Well hello, negative rates”
I’m sitting, listening to his speech. The coffee has cooled, and the mood has dropped along with the S&P.
But let's stick to the facts, emotions, and without illusions that the Fed will decide something for us.
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📌 What he said directly (or almost directly):
• 🏗️ The economy is holding up, but it’s already wobbling. Like an altcoin after a -20% dump.
• 🔥 Inflation is alive and biting — above the desired 2%. PCE ~2.5%, core — 2.7%.
• 🐢 Growth is slowing down — the train is braking, but it’s still rolling.
• ❓ Tariffs are pressing, but how much — Powell himself didn’t understand.
• 📉 Unemployment? Now it's their main thermometer. Not CPI.
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🔍 And now — what he really meant:
• 🚫 Rates won’t be cut in September. Sorry, markets.
• 😵💫 The expectation of two cuts this year has flown to the moon. But not in a good way.
• 🤷♂️ October? — “We'll see.” Thanks, Jerome, the specifics are just 🔥
• 🐘 Tariffs — the elephant in the room: everyone sees it, but pretends it’s a puff.
• 💸 And government spending? Not their concern. Well, okay…
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🎯 What I really took away:
• 📛 There will be no magic button from the Fed.
• If you hope that Powell will save your overleveraged long — it's time to face reality.
• 🧠 The best plan is understanding, not hope.
• 🧭 We are watching PCE, unemployment, and inflation — everything else is noise.
• 💪 Your protection is strategy, not faith in “They'll start cutting rates soon!”
• The market at this moment: “Okay, so we sit and breathe evenly…”
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📚 The moral is simple: Powell is not your friend, but he is not your enemy either.
He just talks, and the market decides for itself — to grow or create flat hell.
So don’t freak out, don’t fidget, don’t FOMO.
Be like a trader with a cold heart, but a warm stop.
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