QUESTION: You have said you disagree with Trump about lower interest rates because he has been a borrower and not a lender. There was dissent at the Fed about...
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Donald Trump sees the economy through the lens of a borrower. He does not understand the perspective of lenders, no less the central bank. Trump recently mocked...
QUESTION: Marty, Socrates has been right on target with the Fed and interest rates since it had a Directional Change in 2024. I am correct that the Directional...
Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to reduce the benchmark federal funds rate by 25 basis points, setting the new target range at 4 percent...
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COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, I read Reuters comments this morning and they said “The dollar sank to a three-year low … the greenback down more than 10% for...
Jerome Powell kept rates unchanged as our computer was projecting. However, he did weigh in on the state of the US economy, pointing out that Donald Trump’s...
