Episode 8: Jerome Powell, Economic Executioner?

While all focus is on the “Debt Ceiling” buffoonery...the Retail Sales report revealed DEEP and DEEPENING contraction in Sales within nearly EVERY type of Discretionary sector-industry…particularly the heretofore resilient Building Material and Garden Supply stores.  At the same time the Fed continues to turn apathetic and complacent phrase when asked about the banking system, saying they EXPECT further tightening in “credit conditions”, and they continue to verbally “attack” the labor market.  How far will the Fed go to fight off thoughts, already priced into the markets, of Fed rate cuts by year end, a lower dollar, Gold above $2000 and stocks breaking out towards new highs??  How MUCH PAIN is Powell willing to inflict??  Is it possible he could bring the guillotine down on CREDIT GROWTH just as growth SOARS to newer-new record highs??  Is Powell willing to release the guillotine over the neck of the consumer, and thus the economy??  And if so, what should we as investors do about it??

All this and much more, in Episode #8 of “Money, Markets & New Age Investing”