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The Julia La Roche Show · Thursday, September 17, 2026

DeMartino Booth Critical of Fed's 25 Basis Point Hike

Danielle DeMartino Booth, CEO of QI Research, views the recent 25 basis point rate hike by the Fed as a mistake, citing it as a "dose of accommodation." She believes the market reacted negatively to signals that further action is expected from the Fed.

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“Uh, to me, at least, it was the dose of accommodation. The dose. Yeah, um, the idea that there's more to come is what is what Warsh communicated. And the market interpreted that as there's more to come.”
“So whether or not he had a dot on the dot plot, we know he did not. He kind of revealed his dot. And markets did not like that.”
Heard on The Julia La Roche Show — “#409 Danielle DiMartino Booth: Fed Is Hiking Into Recession, Consumers Tapped Out, & Credit Tightening”, published Thursday, September 17, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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