Season 5, Episode 19: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl! ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is out on travel this week so Keith Prather: Dr. Kuehl’s partner at Armada; talks to members about the Federal Reserve press conference.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is out this week, but we are still back with a special economic update podcast hosted by Keith Prather: Managing Director at. In Season 5, Episode 19 (9:19 in length), Keith talks about the shock of data in the most recent press conference from the Federal Reserve.

• Were we expecting interest rates to change?
• What is the Federal Reserve prediction for the rest of this year?
• What % growth rate? What was everyone expecting?
• Where are we trending right now for growth rate?
• What was happening to the GDP numbers estimates for 2025?
• What do they see % wise for 2026 & 2027?? What is the problem?
• Are tariffs going to cause an inflation problem that just hasn’t hit yet?
• When will this inflation wave hit? What will inflation rates spike to?
• What is the outlook for the second half of the year? Will this change the Fed?
• When it comes to trade & business– what is the one component we need to worry about?

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