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]]>A Motley Fool reporter observes that Kevin Warsh, recently named by President Trump to replace this coming May Jerome Powell as Fed chairman, had a history of favoring tamping down inflation by voting to keep lending rates higher rather than lower; he was called hawkish when he was last an FOMC voting member. But no one knows his position now.
The reporter writes from the premise that investors prefer a united FOMC vote, i.e., 12-0 is viewed as a good thing. Traditionally, the 12-member voting body votes 12-0. Since 1990, only three times have two of the 12 FOMC voting members split from the majority vote, with one voting to raise lending rates and another voting to lower them. Two of those three up-and-down splits occurred late last year. Also unusual is the fact that in each of the FOMC’s last five meetings, at least one voting member has deviated from the majority.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
Ever since President Trump began to implement his off-and-on bigger than usual tariff policies, I have argued that no one has an economic model sufficiently suited to the situation. Guessing has become the norm. Each of the past five FOMC meetings has seen at least one dissenting voice in a world where unanimity is the standard. I just don’t yet think that the collection of the best economic minds who are advised by other good economic minds are reaching consensus about the best direction for our economy.
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]]>The company uses “amorphous” steel that, compared to other types of steel, is tougher, manages electrical fields better, and has unique electrical properties, in the motor’s stator plates, which plates are one-tenth as thick as the industry standard stator plates, which themselves are one-quarter of a millimeter thick. In other terms, the amorphous steel plates are about one thousandth of an inch thick, promoting less heat loss during motor operation.
Horse Powertrain designed its new electric motor to slot into a hybrid EVs transmission housing.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
Other companies are racing to design more efficient electric motors, too. Donut Lab, based in Finland, builds an 88-pound electric motor that produces roughly 850 horsepower.
Innovation abounds. Improvements are coming fast. Money will be made.
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