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title: "Grading Powell’s Fed: Good for stocks, bad for affordability"
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description: "One result of the massive monetary expansion was an upsurge in inflation, to a peak of over 9% in 2022—which the Fed infamously termed “transitory.”"
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# Grading Powell’s Fed: Good for stocks, bad for affordability

One result of the massive monetary expansion was an upsurge in inflation, to a peak of over 9% in 2022—which the Fed infamously termed “transitory.”

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