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4. Not really. With the tariff uncertainty, and the very real risk of inflation because of those tariffs, is it really

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 01:23 PM

Sep 17

going to decrease prices?

The lowering of interests rates unlikely will make housing more affordable, in fact probably just the opposite.

The justification for lowering was the risk of unemployment. However, those who are thinking that this lower interest rate will incentivize more companies to hire might be a little misguided, since a lot of those jobs are going going to be replaced by AI, robotics, and automation.

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Fed cuts rate a quarter of a point. One fed governor, Miran dissented in favor of a half-point cut. [View all] lostincalifornia Sep 17 OP

This should help grocery (old fashioned word) prices.... SamuelTheThird Sep 17 #1

No it won't WSHazel Sep 17 #3

It was sarcasm... SamuelTheThird Sep 17 #5

Not really. With the tariff uncertainty, and the very real risk of inflation because of those tariffs, is it really lostincalifornia Sep 17 #4

Miran is the Trump moron who was the architect of Trump's tariffs dalton99a Sep 17 #2

At least that is my understanding. WIth the Tariffs, the crypto speculative craze, along with even more lostincalifornia Sep 17 #6

Miran wants 0.75 pc next month and 0.50 in December, for a total of 1.50 pc cuts this year. He's nuts or he Bernardo de La Paz Sep 17 #7

He is nuts. He is a full blown trumper, who crafted the insane, UNEVEN tariff polciy, that companies are lostincalifornia Sep 17 #8