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Rickards says there are 3 things that would interfere with the Fed's interest rate timeline -


1) The stock market falls 10% or more

2) Job creation goes below 75,000

3) Inflation drops to 1.4% or less (currently is 1.9%. The Fed uses the 'Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Deflator Core')



A relevant factor for shorts to consider -

The Fed has considerable control over #1 above via their PPT juice mechanism. As they've done for years, they can simply juice the markets as needed via the e-minis, thereby nipping a downturn in the bud before it gathers much momentum.