Touch-and-Go

Tags: The Fed, U.S. Economy

09/23/2023 Mark Thornton

In this week’s episode, Mark interprets the Fed’s new economic projections for the economy, in which the Fed “doubles-down” on current economic growth and the economy’s prospects moving forward. Essentially, the Fed is saying that they are taking us from the “touch-and-go” economy of the last three years to a touch-and-go landing, where the economy will take off and perform much better than anyone anticipates. Don’t bet on it.

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