08/16/2026
Whether or not the Fed cuts rates depends on if inflation is headed higher or lower in the short run. The Fed historically raised rates at one of the fastest paces ever in 2021 and 2022, causing the stock market to sharply decline before rallying to all time highs in 2026.
During COVID, the Fed famously called inflation “transitory,” meaning higher prices were simply due to supply chain shocks from shutdowns rather than an embedded economic reality. If you remember Milton Friedman though, you would have thought of his famous take on inflation, that it is “always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.”
Read more in our latest article - "Will Interest Rates Go Up or Down?"
https://www.stengerfamilyoffice.com/financial-planning-insights/will-the-fed-cut-rates
