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Your Bills Are About to Go Up — The Fed Can’t Stop It
32 minutes Posted Mar 19, 2026 at 8:15 am.
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Ed Elson speaks with Michael Gapen and Robert Armstrong about the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and what to expect from inflation for the rest of the year. They discuss how households will be impacted by the war in Iran, whether stagflation is on the table, and give the health of the economy a grade.

Michael Gapen is the Chief US Economist at Morgan Stanley. Robert Armstrong is a financial commentator for the Financial Times and author of the Unhedged Newsletter. 

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