Fed's Goolsbee Warns That Services Inflation Remains Uncontrolled | Metals Mine
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FlyingTurtle
Feb 17, 2026 8:11am
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Then why don't you hike rates to kill demand (cause a recession) and throw everyone out of work to bring prices down? If everyone is unemployed then prices will come down. As long as people have jobs then they won't.
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DwnUndrTrdr
Feb 17, 2026 10:33am
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Quoting FlyingTurtle
Then why don't you hike rates to kill demand (cause a recession) and throw everyone out of work to bring prices down? If everyone is unemployed then prices will come down. As long as people have jobs then they won't.
Supply side shock. Removing undocumented immigrants paying taxes and being ineligible for most federal Government benefits.
Politics aside, this was always part of the equation going forward with the policies that were adopted. Let’s see how it plays out…
Twocans
Feb 17, 2026 4:27pm
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Twocans
Feb 17, 2026 4:28pm
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this is not what you think..... watch and use your noodle.

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