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“Central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), often raise interest rates to cool things down when inflation heats up.”
These people are living in a fantasy world where lowering rates is somehow going to make inflation/stagflation better? Seems like some sort of compromise from the Fed to get Trump (who wants to borrow money) off their back. Newsflash: Trump is not going to stop.
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/12/inflation-interest-rate-relationship.asp
No it won't but right now they are probably recognizing that the economy is teetering on the edge and want to try and give it a boost. I think it's a futile effort but that is prob the reasoning