tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6587857258762497011..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: MarketWatch: ‘Off the charts’ data push odds of rate hike ‘way up’; Weekly Payrolls Best in 33 YearsRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-82869828603734439952015-11-06T14:03:56.806-05:002015-11-06T14:03:56.806-05:00Let's see, the Fed hasn't hiked rates for ...Let's see, the Fed hasn't hiked rates for NINE years. How many times within those NINE years have you heard employment is improving? A bunch. Recovery summers came and went. Remember when the Fed said they would hike at 6% unemployment? I do. They didn't hike though. They move the goalposts all the time. But this time is different... Sure.<br /><br />Regarding the real economyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69215443982560119022015-11-06T11:29:42.193-05:002015-11-06T11:29:42.193-05:00Or the more simple explanation, the Fed has planne...Or the more simple explanation, the Fed has planned all along to hike rates when employment improved. <br /><br />Remember, the sky is falling crowd doesn't think the economy in improving, To them it is always going down. That is the only way you can get the idea that the Fed is never going to raise rates, except for "credibility" reasons.Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67016592295759023282015-11-06T11:20:23.862-05:002015-11-06T11:20:23.862-05:00We're entering into the "credibility cres...We're entering into the "credibility crescendo" here. The Fed knows that its credibility vis-a-vis jawboning is losing effect and it is getting pilloried for that by its detractors and, thus, it needs those that benefit from its evil machinations to bray louder and louder that they are in fact, "wearing clothes." The problem is that the more certainty there is in calls Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5094799449343909992015-11-06T11:14:02.337-05:002015-11-06T11:14:02.337-05:00I'm still with Peter Schiff with this one: htt...I'm still with Peter Schiff with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ehupK8XW7YMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486787890382451550noreply@blogger.com