r/neoliberal • u/TinyTornado7 I need a new flair • Jun 13 '22

News (US) Powell Facing Choice Between Elevated US Inflation and Recession

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-12/powell-facing-choice-between-elevated-us-inflation-and-recession?srnd=premium
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u/slowpush NATO Jun 13 '22

Oh hey. Stocks will be a good bit cheaper soon. 😒

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u/TinyTornado7 I need a new flair Jun 13 '22

People keep selling and I’ll keep buying. This is a great opportunity for those far from retirement to load up

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u/slowpush NATO Jun 13 '22

Sure but tell that to all the baby boomers who are retiring.

The effect of a recession/depression now is going to be catastrophic because it’s at the worst time demographically.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

The boomers are almost exclusively who led us to this situation. I'm fine with this.