While a rate cut next week is nearly certain, the Fed should hold out against premature and political pressures to do more.
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Drawing A New Line On Interest Rates
Tag Archives: Jerome Powell
Can The Fed Bend Without Bowing?
Trump wants the Fed to cut rates. The Fed may do so without necessarily bowing to presidential pressure.
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Is The Fed Still Independent?
In word and deed, if reports are true about planned nominees, Trump pays little heed to the Fed’s vital independence.
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Trumping The Fed
As breaches of presidential protocol go, Trump’s jawing at the Federal Reserve is just another day at the Oval Office.
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Is Our Economy Too Hot?
How can we distinguish an economy that is chugging along from one that is overheating?
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The End Of The War On Savers
The Fed’s newly tolerant inflation stance is a declaration of victory in its long war on savers.
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