The Great Rate Standoff: Central Banks and the Myth of the Pivot
By Evelyn Hartwell · 7 min read
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There is a specific kind of silence that descends upon a trading floor in the seconds before a Federal Reserve announcement—a quiet so thick you can almost hear the collective breath-holding of a t…
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The central bank outlook for this week is dominated by a single, nagging question: when does the pain stop? For two years, the script has been one of relentless tightening.
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We are currently stuck in the Great Rate Standoff.
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It’s not just about the interest rate itself.
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To understand why this week is so fraught, you have to look back at the fastest hiking cycle in forty years.