Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said raging inflation will only dissipate if the Federal Reserve acts more aggressively or the market sell-off turns into a full-on collapse.
"There is no prospect for a material reduction in inflation unless the Fed aggressively raises rates, or the stock market crashes, catalyzing an economic collapse and demand destruction," Ackman said in a slew of tweets Tuesday.
The Pershing Square hedge fund manager attributed 2022's market correction to investors' lack of confidence that the central bank could squash a 40-year high in inflation. He said the market turmoil will only end if the Fed "puts a line in the sand" on soaring prices.
"If the Fed doesn't do its job, the market will do the Fed's job, and that is what is happening now," Ackman added...