Let's bring in now a former Fed officials take. That is Richard Clar, a former Fed chair and global economic adviser at PIMCO. Richard, kind of a dealer's choice.You got the actual Fed decision everybody expected. You got Myron calling for a half percentage point cut. He's kind of way out there.No desense, the neutral rate. What do you think is the most important thing here. Well, I think there was some risk management here along two dimensions.One, the statement made reference to risk in the labor market. ...

In an inflationary world, a toll bridge would be a great thing to own because you've laid out the capital costs. You built it in old dollars, and you don't have to keep replacing it.Analyst’s Disclosure:I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of NGGTF either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company wh ...

In an inflationary world, a toll bridge would be a great thing to own because you've laid out the capital costs. You built it in old dollars, and you don't have to keep replacing it.Analyst’s Disclosure:I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of NGGTF either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company wh ...

I'm going to continue to have talk about this big picture. John Lonsky, president of Lansky Group and former chief economist at ME's investor services with me. John, it's great to have you on on this big important day.We got the 25 basis points and it looks like the 50 bips are coming, so maybe two more cuts between now and the end of the year. What how do you interpret this. Well, the Federal Reserve is eliciting to the financial markets that we're arguing for Fed funds ending the year uh no higher than 3. ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced the first interest rate cut of the year as policymakers lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25-basis-points, as signs of a weakening labor force outweighed elevated inflation. Following the central bank's decision to cut rates for the first time since December 2024, the federal funds rate will sit at a new range of 4% to 4.25%. The cut comes after the Fed left rates unchanged at its first five meetings this year amid economic uncertainty.Policymakers have been m ...

The U.S. central bank, as widely expected, cut the federal funds rate by 0.25% Wednesday, amid recent signs that the economy was faltering and needed a boost—and under relentless pressure from President Donald Trump. Bitcoin and other major digital assets traded largely flat  in the immediate aftermath. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently changing hands just above $116,000, up 0.2% over the past hour hours, according to crypto markets data provider CoinGecko. BTC rallied in re ...

Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images The federal funds rate influences a number of borrowing costs. Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve's policy committee voted to reduce the central bank's key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 4% to 4.25%, the lowest since December 2022. Fed officials have grown more worried that tariffs will spark a wave of unemployment than that they will fuel inflation, at least for the time being. The vote was divided, reflecting the Fed's dilemma: lower inter ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates by a quarter point to the 4% to 4.25% range – delivering highly-anticipated relief to borrowers for the first time since December 2024.But Stephen Miran – previously Trump’s economic adviser and the newest member of Fed – cast a lone dissenting vote, pushing instead for a jumbo-sized half-point rate cut.Central bankers have been delaying rate cuts over fears that tariffs could reheat inflation, which did pick up over the summer, and recent economic data ha ...

Well, the countdown is on. The Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates for the first time this year. But the big question for markets, how many more cuts may be coming.Welcome to the Big Money Show. I'm Brian Brenberg along with my co-host Jonathan Hoig, Lydia Hoo, Jackie D'Angelus, and with us for the hour, Luke Lloyd. Welcome.Hey guys, always glad to be here. Well, for months, Trump has hammered the Fed for keeping rates too high. dubbing dubbing Jerome Powell too late.Some economists predict as ma ...

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