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Bringing down prices “is likely to require a sustained period of below-trend growth” and an increase in unemployment. This was the central point of U.S. Federal Reserve's Chairman Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole address. If this can not be termed as hawkish, I don't know what can be; the markets duly reacted. Comments such as those warranting jumbo-sized hikes or seeking elevated rates until inflation eases have the ammo to spook risk assets for days to come.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Quantitative tightening represents a big shift for markets, which will see financial conditions tighten and volatility increase. The Fed won’t mind that a bit. 

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