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Subject: Bessent wants to be Fed chair
Date: 09/05/25 4:11 PM
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Wendy posted a flock of text from a WSJ article, quoting Bessent, on the Fool METaR board.

A snip of the snip.

The “extraordinary” monetary-policy tools unleashed after the 2008 financial crisis have transformed the Federal Reserve’s policy regime, with unpredictable consequences.

The Fed’s new operating model is effectively a gain-of-function monetary policy experiment. Overuse of nonstandard policies, mission creep and institutional bloat threaten the central bank’s independence. The Fed must change course


My takeaway is everything he is saying, is the opposite of what Trump is saying, about Fed independence, and interference in the economy. Therefore, it's a smokescreen, to ease the minds of the Congresspeople who he needs to approve his nomination. Because the Congresspeople no-doubt figure he would be another Trump tool.

I remember my DM at RS, making all sorts of promises to me, if I just give him what he wants right now. Meanwhile, I was thinking "don't insult my intelligence. you'll screw me over, like you did last time".

Steve
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