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The Fed’s New Playbook

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The Fed’s New Playbook
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The Federal Reserve recently hiked interest rates for the first time since 2018 and delivered a hawkish surprise to investors by way of its updated dot plot and economic projections. Since the Fed cut rates to zero in March 2020, the U.S. economy has well recovered with inflation running persistently well above the Fed’s 2% target. In this episode, Dr. David Kelly is joined by Jordan Jackson, Global Market Strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, to discuss the new outlook for the Fed and the risks that surround their decision to quickly tighten policy. Can the Fed’s more aggressive stance put the economy into a recession? Or are the risks of waiting to tighten just too high? What does all this mean for investors?

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