Interest Rate Policy - Treasury Secretary questioned Fed policymakers' judgment on interest rates [1] - Secretary believes two-year Treasury yields signal benchmark rate is too high [1]

🇺🇸 NEW: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Fed could cut interest rates by September, or sooner, if Trump’s tariffs continue showing little inflation impact. https://t.co/KbvReZ3Cqh ...

tradfi assets. >> A follow up this morning to a question we asked during the first Trump administration are the president's social media posts criticizing Fed Chair Jay Powell and the central bank driving down interest rates. Senior economics reporter Steve Liesman is here and looking at the bond rally and presidential pressure on Powell.Stupid mule, I guess is the latest salvo. >> I didn't see that one. >> You didn't see stupid.>> Last night or. Last week. Last week we looked at all of them.Maybe we. Maybe ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that if not for President Trump's aggressive tariff policies, the Fed would have likely already cut interest rates in 2025. https://t.co/CjGY5ibeh8 ...

ECB Governing Council member Madis Muller says the economy doesn’t justify interest rates that stimulate growth, allowing officials to take a pause from easing https://t.co/g3r5gXz54l ...

But chair, would the Fed have cut more by now if it weren't for the tariffs. So I I do think that I think that's right where in effect we went on hold uh when we when we saw the size of the tariffs and where and essentially all all inflation forecasts for the United States went up materially as a consequence of the tariffs. So uh we we didn't overreact. In fact, we didn't react at all.We're we're simply taking some time. As long as the US economy is in a in solid shape, we think the the the prudent thing to ...

That's very high. It's funny you mentioned chairman pal because uh he is joining some of his counterparts in a panel discussion at the ECB central banking forum in Portugal. Not pal chairman.Here is what chairman Powell had to say just a few moments ago. Chair, would the Fed have cut more by now if it weren't for the tariffs. So I I do think that I think that's right.where in effect we went on hold when we when we saw the size of the tariffs and where and essentially all all inflation forecasts for the Unit ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a European Central Bank forum on Tuesday morning. The panel focuses on the macroeconomy amid policy shifts. It takes place in Sintra, Portugal. Other panelists include: Andrew Bailey, Governor of Bank of England; Christine Lagarde, President of European Central Bank; Chang Yong Rhee, Governor of Bank of Korea; and Kazuo Ueda, Governor of Bank of Japan. Powell's commentary comes after the U.S. Federal Reserve once again held interest rates steady at its policy ...

everything wood should be. >> All right, welcome back everybody. We've got a lot of ground to cover with our next guest equity and credit markets, emerging markets, the fed currencies, real estate and why he expects a correction in the S&P 500.Joining us right now is Rob Citroen. He is the founder and portfolio manager at Discovery Capital Management. That's a hedge fund that invests in public and private markets with a particular focus on emerging markets.And by the way, they manage, I'm told, around $3 bi ...

New Bank of Japan Board Member Kazuyuki Masu indicated that he backs Governor Kazuo Ueda’s gradual and cautious approach for raising interest rates. https://t.co/p9mVfiOdCG ...