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What Ben Carlson thinks about interest rates

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Director of institutional asset management at Ritholtz Wealth Management and author of the blog A Wealth of Common Sense, which argues most of investing is behaviour rather than analysis.

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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Ben Carlson has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates as long as inflation stays above target and economic growth remains strong.

    inflation

    Their wordsThe Fed is probably going to keep hiking interest rates because inflation is higher than they'd like and economic growth remains strong.

    ↗Strange Timesawealthofcommonsense.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingRaising interest rates cannot bring down energy prices driven by a war.

    energy

    Their wordsBut raising short-term interest rates isn't going to stop the war in Iran to bring energy prices back down.

    ↗Strange Timesawealthofcommonsense.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  5. Our readingInflation could stay elevated for a while even as the Fed keeps raising rates, because of war-driven costs and AI capital spending.

    inflation

    Their wordsIt's possible inflation will remain high for some time even if the Fed keeps raising rates because of the war and AI capex binge.

    ↗Strange Timesawealthofcommonsense.com 3rd of 3 in this piece