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Marketplace · Monday, August 31, 2026

Infrastructure Capital Advisors disputes inflation estimates, advises against rate hike

Jay Hatfield of Infrastructure Capital Advisors argues that the government overestimates headline inflation and expects core measures to decrease soon. He believes raising interest rates at this time would be ill-advised, despite acknowledging the FOMC's inclination to do so.

personJay HatfieldcompanyInfrastructure Capital Advisors

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We think it would be ill-advised to raise rates at this juncture.
Jay Hatfield
But we do acknowledge that the majority of the FOMC, which is what matters, absolutely does want to raise rates.
Jay Hatfield
Heard on Marketplace — “Oil markets brace for maintenance season, published Monday, August 31, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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