{"id":11061,"date":"2022-05-24T22:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T22:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/low-inflation-or-bust-analysts-say-the-fed-has-no-choice-but-to-continue-raising-rates\/"},"modified":"2022-05-24T22:29:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T22:29:08","slug":"low-inflation-or-bust-analysts-say-the-fed-has-no-choice-but-to-continue-raising-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/low-inflation-or-bust-analysts-say-the-fed-has-no-choice-but-to-continue-raising-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Low inflation or bust: Analysts say the Fed has no choice but to continue raising rates"},"content":{"rendered":"
As economic conditions continue to worsen, financial experts worldwide are increasingly placing the blame at the feet of the United States Federal Reserve after the central bank was slow to respond to rising inflation early on. <\/p>\n
Financial markets are currently experiencing their worst stretch of losses in recent history, and it doesn\u2019t appear that there is any relief in sight. May 24 saw the tech-heavy Nasdaq fall another 2%, while Snap, a popular social media company, shed 43.1% of its market cap in trading on May 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThis past couple of months have been absolutely brutal for the markets\u2026 8 consecutive weeks of red candles in the #SPX<\/a>, #NASDAQ<\/a> and #BTC<\/a>\u2026 no significant bounces pic.twitter.com\/hgU2VwIoxh<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Crypto Phoenix (@CryptoPheonix1) May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Much of the recent turmoil again comes back to the Fed, which has embarked on a mission to raise interest rates in an attempt to get inflation under control, financial markets be damned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what several analysts are saying about how this process could play out and what it means for the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moving forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Will the Fed tighten until the markets break?<\/h2>\n
Unfortunately for investors looking for short-term relief, economist Alex Kr\u00fcger thinks<\/a> that \u201cThe Fed will not stop tightening unless markets break (far from that) or inflation drops considerably and for *many* months.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the main issues affecting the psyche of traders is the fact that the Fed has yet to outline what inflation would need to look like for them to take their foot off the rate-hike gas pedal. Instead, it simply reiterates its goal \u201c’to see clear and convincing evidence inflation is coming down’ towards its 2% target.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Kr\u00fcger, the Fed will \u201cneed to see Y\/Y [year-over-year] inflation drop 0.25%\u20130.33% on average every month until September\u201d to meet its goal of bringing down inflation to the 4.3%\u20133.7% range by the end of the year. <\/p>\n
Should the Fed fail to meet its PCE inflation target by September, Kr\u00fcger warned about the possibility that the Fed could initiate \u201cmore hikes *than what\u2019s priced in*\u201d and also begin exploring the sale of mortgage-backed securities as part of a quantitative tightening campaign. <\/p>\n
Kr\u00fcger said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThen markets would start shifting to a new equilibrium and dump hard.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A setup for double-digit sustained inflation<\/h2>\n
The Fed\u2019s responsibility for the current market conditions was also touched on by billionaire investor and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who suggested<\/a> that \u201cThe only way to stop today\u2019s raging inflation is with aggressive monetary tightening or with a collapse in the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n