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Fed to “proceed carefully” with changes to policy stance amid heavy concerns about rising inflation.
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
Powell’s speech today at the Jackson Hole conference had two major components: Short-term monetary policy and for the long term, the Fed’s new monetary policy framework.
Monetary policy: “shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance,” but “carefully.”
Powell made room for a rate cut in September, as “the balance of risks appears to be shifting” to concerns about the labor market.
But it was tempered with lots of concerns about inflation, including his projection that the 12-month core PCE price index for July, to be released in a week, would accelerate further to 2.9%.
Cutting rates as inflation is accelerating is a delicate affair that could spook the bond market and drive up long-term rates – which is precisely what happened in 2024 when the Fed cut by 100 basis points and long-term yields rose by over 100 basis points.
Two New Tailwinds for the Nuclear Renaissance
By Matt Weinschenk
A new energy future is taking shape...
Oklo (OKLO) – a startup working to produce nuclear power via small reactors – recently won a major deal with the U.S. government.
In June, the company announced that the Defense Logistics Agency Energy – which buys fuel and power for U.S. bases – issued a notice of intent to sign a long-term power-purchase agreement for one of its 75-megawatt microreactors.
The microreactor will supply power to the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Eielson sits just south of the Arctic Circle... And it spends heavily on diesel and coal.
Microreactors like the ones Oklo produces are a huge step up in the energy industry. They're between 100 and 1,000 times smaller than conventional nuclear reactors. That means they can be more easily transported to remote areas.
And this is only the latest in the nuclear renaissance that's taking shape in the U.S...
In May, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders to boost domestic nuclear
