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The Federal Reserve's inflation fight is stretching into what some are now calling a forever war. The Fed's own forecasts don't show inflation returning to its two percent target until twenty twenty nine, meaning the central bank could fall short on price stability for eight consecutive years — a tenure longer than Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Shifting to crypto, Kava Lend suffered a significant security breach, losing roughly three point eight million dollars to hackers. Nearly forty nine million KAVA tokens were bridged to BNB Chain and liquidated for BNB and stablecoin proceeds. The fallout was swift, sending the KAVA token down nearly forty percent and rattling confidence in decentralized lending protocols more broadly.
And Vanguard is sounding the alarm for retirees navigating their four-oh-one-k allocations without a paycheck to cushion mistakes. New research from the asset manager finds roughly four in ten retirees are holding portfolios that are either far too aggressive or far too conservative for their stage of life, a mismatch that could seriously erode long-term financial security.
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