The Fed Is Slashing Rates While Inflation Burns—And You’re the Sacrifice

The Fed's Fake Balancing Act: Full Employment vs. Stable Prices On paper, the Federal Reserve has a “dual mandate”—to maintain stable prices and maximize employment. Sounds noble. But in practice, it's a rigged game. You can't print your way to both goals. Every time they juice the economy with lower rates to "help workers," they light a fire under prices. It’s basic cause and effect: flood the system with cheap money, and the value of that money goes down. And yet, despite that basic economic reality, the Fed is expected to cut rates again. Why? Because the labor market looks soft, and there's a conveniently timed government shutdown that’s delaying the data that could challenge that narrative. How convenient. They're…