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those glasses on and you don't really know if they're watching a TV show while you're talking to them because apparently you can have all kinds of content in the glasses? I wouldn't like it at all. I don't think I would want to spend time having a conversation with somebody who was wearing those glasses because I would just assume that they're distracted, you know, even if I couldn't tell. So I th…
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Well, the Fed cut the interest rate 25 points, which really is 0.25. And they think there might be a few more cuts this year, maybe another in 2026. And if you're an economics nerd, you might recognize that although inflation is not quite where we want it to be, it's 2.6, but wouldn't it be good to get it down to two? However, the job market is starting to soften, and you usually have those two competing things. You don't want the interest rates high if you're trying to make sure jobs are good, but if you jack up the interest rates too much, then you might cause some inflation
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because it might goose the economy and make it too hot. But the Fed has decided to lean toward improving employment as opposed to perfectly optimizing inflation. Is that the right choice? Well, I guess we'll always argue whether it could have been sooner, but it does seem like a responsible position in my opinion. Well, we have to talk about Jimmy Kimmel, don't we? How many of you were wondering…
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