Taylor Report

INFLATION CONTINUES TO EXPLODE HIGHER (LIKE PRODUCER PRICES TODAY), INTEREST RATES HOLDING STEADY (FOR NOW) AND MARKETS ARE YAWNING. GOTTA FEEL SOMETHING'S COMING.

INFLATION...CPI THIS WEEK & BE PREPARED FOR A NASTY NUMBER. INFLATION IS GOING UP FASTER THAN ANYONE EXPECTS. THE FED IS NOT ONLY BEHIND THE CURVE, THEY DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE THE CURVE.

SEEMS EVERYONE NOW ACCEPTS THAT INTEREST RATES WILL RISE, INFLATION WILL "RUN HOT" AND ALL IS GOOD. IT IS NOT. THOSE THINGS REALLY DO MATTER, NO MATTER WHAT THE CONSENSUS THINKS.

OIL IS HIGHER. INFLATION IS HEADING UP, NOT EASING. INTEREST RATES ARE BEING HELD BACK FROM DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE (STEM INFLATION). BAD OMENS.

IT APPEARS THAT BITCOIN AND ETH ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON ANYONE'S "TO DO LIST." THAT IS NOT ALL BAD. WHEN NOBODY IS LOOKING, THAT'S TIME TO TAKE NOTICE.

BIGGEST "GIGGLE" OF 2022 SO FAR? FED CHAIR POWELL TESTIFIED TODAY THE FED WOULD NOT LET INFLATION TAKE ROOT. AND, HE SAID IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE.

SEEMS A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS ARE UNDERESTIMATING INFLATION AND THINK IT WILL MODERATE. NO, NO NO. INFLATION IS GOING TO SURPRISE, EVEN THE FED, WHICH IS PRETTY EASY TO SURPRISE IT SEEMS.

JUST BECAUSE THE NEW YEAR BEGINS NEXT WEEK DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING GETS ALL ROCKING AND ROLLING. FIRST WEEK IS A TIME TO OBSERVE.

Inflation is not going away (nope) and will get worse. The Fed may not want to raise rates but the market will do it for them. The Fed has lost control.

Inflation is out of control (certainly not transitory) & the Fed is lost. They don't have a clue on what to do, or the guts to do what they need to do. Not a deer in the headlights....a deer in the rear view mirror that's been run over.