OU blog

Personal Blogs

A picture of Russell Larke

The Federal Reserve's First Rate Hike Since 2023: A Systems Thinking Analysis of Monetary Policy Under Supply-Side Pressure

Visible to anyone in the world
Edited by Russell Larke, Thursday 17 September 2026 at 17:15

TD;LR

The midterms are coming up and Trump was hoping for a rate cut having chased the last chair out of the job. The new chair raised them citing the Iran conflict. Trump doesn't like it.

Although it was expected, markets tanked as the Fed also said more hikes could follow. 

Could be trouble ahead.

Permalink Add your comment
Share post

Comments

New comment

Markets up a little today.