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Rate Cuts, Bond Yields and Inflation: what the heck is going on? #economicnews

Name: Rate Cuts, Bond Yields and Inflation: what the heck is going on? #economicnews
Uploaded: 2024-10-31T16:17:58+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: Tom Burton comments on an apparent paradox: bond yields are rising even while rate cuts are being signalled, suggesting some market participants doubt…

31 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Tom Burton comments on an apparent paradox: bond yields are rising even while rate cuts are being signalled, suggesting some market participants doubt that inflation is fully under control. He flags tariffs and other factors as potential inflation drivers and notes the risk that the Fed might need to reverse course and raise rates again.

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It's interesting that, you know, bond yields and everything like that continue to go up, which is not a normal thing when you're cutting rates. So, clearly, there is some people out there that don't believe that we're out of the woods as it relates to inflation and price increase. I know we're going to talk more about this on tariffs here in a minute, but there's still a lot of things out there that potentially could impact inflation. And I know that the worst thing the Fed could do is go, oh, crap, just kidding. Now we need to go back and start raising again. Well, that's the, that's the risk with all of this, right?