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Fed hikes rates as inflation worries push up bond yields

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dabinat · 1789588567 · focus · HN ↗
Prediction: this causes a recession in two years, right after a Democrat wins the White House, who will be blamed for it. The economy will turn around after a few years, just in time for a Republican to win and claim they fixed it.
This is how Republicans have a reputation for being economically savvy despite actual evidence to the contrary, because the general population doesn’t understand that economics runs on a time delay.
1. Scottn1 · 1789589622 · focus · HN ↗
  At what point into a presidential term does it become their actual mess? And is there evidence of a time delay? Because by that argument, the mess we are in would been caused by Democrats.
  1. RickJWagner · 1789605866 · focus · HN ↗
    Arbitrarily decided by the person with political convictions blinding them.
    Yes, it happens to both sides. People convince themselves their side always makes right decisions, the other side always wrong.
    The truth is that the secret sauce is in the pendulum going back and forth. The excesses of one side are soon erased by the other. It is working, as it has for many years.

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