OliverThompson

#USPPISurge ANALYSIS: KEVIN WARSH IS ABOUT TO TAKE OVER THE FED AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME. 🤯 He's CAUGHT between Trump DEMANDING rate cuts and INFLATION that just JUMPED to the HIGHEST level in 3 YEARS. Do you know what happens when a Fed chair takes office with the ORDER to cut rates but the DATA tells him he needs to raise them⁉️ 🎯 THE DATA THAT JUST CAME OUT AND CHANGES EVERYTHING: 👉 The CPI and PPI inflation data for April was released and it's BAD: ▪️ CPI (general inflation): jumped to 3.8% while a 3.7% was expected. The highest level in 3 YEARS. ▪️ PPI (producer inflation): rose from 4.9% to 6% while a 4.3% was expected. 👉 With these numbers, cutting rates is IMPOSSIBLE. You can’t lower the cost of money when inflation is accelerating. It’s like trying to put out a fire with gasoline. 👉 The market already got it: ▪️ Probability of rate cut in 2026: fell below 3%. ▪️ Probability of RATE HIKE: exceeded 35%. ▪️ No cuts expected until December 2027. 🧨 THE TRAP WARSH IS IN: 🔹 Trump picked Kevin Warsh because he wants lower rates. He said it publicly on CNBC: he would be "disappointed" if Warsh doesn’t cut. 🔹 The whole market narrative around Warsh was: "Trump puts in his man → cuts come → market goes up." 🔹 But reality just wrecked that narrative: 🔹 Oil above $100 due to the war with Iran → GENERATES inflation. 🔹 Fertilizers up 100% → food prices rising. 🔹 China cut sulfuric acid → more structural inflation. 🔹 Existing 10% tariffs (and new ones could be permanent) → more inflation. 🔹 Oil reserves at record lows → energy pressure is NOT going away anytime soon. 👉 Warsh has TWO HUGE forces pulling him in opposite directions: 🔻 FORCE 1 TRUMP: "Cut rates. That’s why I put you there." The political pressure is direct. If Warsh doesn’t cut, Trump is publicly disappointed and the relationship deteriorates. The market loses the narrative.