18 Times The Fed Has Gone Through A Rate Hiking Cycle...

USA - Since 1913, the Federal Reserve has engaged in 18 distinct interest rate hiking campaigns, and in every single one of those instances the end result was a large stock market decline, a recession, or both.  Now we are in the 19th rate tightening cycle since 1913, but many of the experts are insisting that things will somehow be different this time.  They assure us that the US economy will continue to grow and that stock prices will continue to soar.  Of course the truth is that if something happens 18 times in a row, there is a really, really good chance that it will happen on the 19th time too. 

For years I have been trying to get people to understand that our country has been on an endless roller coaster ride ever since the Fed was created back in 1913.  Things can seem quite pleasant when the economy is on one of the upswings, but the downswings can be extremely painful.

It was economist Lance Roberts that pointed out this correlation between rate hiking cycles and economic troubles.  When I came across his most recent article, it really got my attention…

“A sustained interest rate hiking campaign, as undertaken by the Fed, has always resulted in negative stock market returns. Always. Not usually, not might-be-correlated-to. Always. As in, 18 out of 18 times. Until now. When we’ve had the single highest percentage increase in history (93.33% peak to trough, so far).”

US voters tend to be extremely influenced by the performance of the economy, and so a major economic downturn would not bode well for Trump’s chances. Similarly, if a major crisis erupts during the second half of this year, it will probably mean big problems for Republicans in November. Timing is everything in politics, and when the next crisis comes most voters won’t even consider the fact that it has been building for a very, very long time.  All they will care about is who is in office at the time.

Whenever the Federal Reserve starts raising rates, it always results in a bad ending. This time will be no different, and anyone that is trying to convince you otherwise is just being delusional.

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