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Tag: Interest Rates

Fed Rate Cuts – All About Jobs

The Federal Open Market Committee voted to lower rates by 25 bps at the September meeting, citing “that downside risks to employment have risen.” I reported in...

Weak BLS Data and Rate Cuts

Troubling data from Friday as the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added a mere 22,000 jobs in August. July’s figure was revised to show an...

Could Trump Sue Powell?

President Donald Trump has threatened Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell with a “major lawsuit.” Could the sitting president sue the head of the central...

June Minutes Report Decoded

The Minutes Report by the Federal Reserve indicates that the central bank is unlikely to cut rates at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting on July 29-30....

Powell Blames Trump Tariffs for Coming Inflation

I repeatedly warned that the headlines would blame Trump tariffs for the incoming inflationary wave. Jerome Powell stated that “uncertainty is unusually...

May CPI – Vance Angered by Powell

The consumer price index rose by 0.1% in May, bringing the annual rate of inflation to 2.4%. Excluding food and energy, the core CPI came in respectively at 0.1%...

Trump Blames Fed for Weak Payrolls – Media Blames Trump Tariffs

May’s private payrolls based on ADP estimates are the lowest since March 2023. Private payrolls rose only 37,000 last month, far beneath April’s addition of...

Should the Feds Lower Rates?

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Donald Trump face off once again. The two have notoriously butted heads over interest rates, as Trump has accused the Fed...

Will Rate Cuts Help Canada?

The Bank of Canada voted to cut rates by 25 bps to 4.25%, marking the third consecutive rate cut. Inflation has allegedly slowed to 2.5% as of July, and Governor...

$2.4 Billion Daily – Servicing the US National Debt

Serving debt is the largest cost of Washington’s debt crisis; America currently spends $2.4 billion in daily interest fees alone. The debt and spending simply...