BORROWER'S BLUES: Fed rate hike to hit mortgages, credit cards and auto loans
Circle Squared Alternative Investments founder and CIO discusses the long-term impact of rate hikes on the U.S. economy on"Varney & Co."
Credit cards, home mortgages and auto loans — already at elevated levels — will climb even higher as the central bank works to slow the economy in hopes of taming soaring prices. Wall Street and economists widely expect Fed policymakers to announce a three-quarter percentage point boost on Wednesday, which would be the third mega-sized 75-basis-point jump in a row and the fifth rate hike for the year.ART LAFFER CALLS ON FED TO RAISE RATES ‘AS FAST AS THEY CAN’ AMID ‘TOUGH SITUATION’
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