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Weisenthal and Alloway debate whether the Fed achieved a genuine soft landing or got lucky. Inflation fell from 9% to 3% without a recession, but was that the result of skillful policy or supply chain normalization that would have happened anyway?
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The hosts frame the soft landing as a return-on-luck event: the Fed's policy was sound, but the favorable supply environment (healing supply chains, falling energy prices) amplified the outcome. The Fed was prepared AND got lucky.
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The soft landing debate reveals a deeper question: can central banks actually steer the economy or do they mostly ride forces beyond their control?
The hosts argue that the soft landing was real but its cause is uncertain — the Fed raised rates aggressively, but inflation may have fallen primarily because supply chains healed, used car prices normalized, and energy prices declined. The Fed may have gotten credit for forces it didn't control.Was this useful?