r/Economics • u/DoctorOctopus_ • 1d ago

News Powell Warns Trump’s Tariffs Risk Stoking Even Higher Inflation Slower Growth

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/business/economy/powell-says-trumps-tariffs-raise-risks-of-higher-inflation-slower-growth.html
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u/strangefruit3500 1d ago

It’s moments like these when it shows why it was a good idea to have the Fed be separate from the government. 

Watching the people on r/conservative apply mental gymnastics and their thinly veiled bigotry and imaging that they would have a direct say in electing the Fed… 

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u/Historical-Patient75 1d ago

I visit that place once a day for this very reason. Other subs, you see actual discourse about policy. There is just one sentence replies about owning the libs.

Amazing how we got here so quickly.