The Senate Banking Committee is preparing to hold a hearing next week on the nomination of White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to serve as a Federal Reserve governor, as Donald Trump accelerates his push to reshape the central bank https://t.co/1sQFn9V85a ...

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Interest Rate & Fed Policy - Potential changes in the Federal Reserve leadership, including the possibility of Lisa Cook being replaced, could influence the market's perception of interest rate policies [1] - The market anticipates that President Trump will appoint someone who favors lower interest rates when Powell's term ends next year [2] - The yield curve is steepening due to expectations of short-term rate cuts, which ironically could increase inflationary pressure in the long run [3] - The focus is on whether inflation is under control, given that governments globally have significant debt and desire lower yields to reduce debt servicing costs [8] - Rate cutting cycles have historically been negative for the equity market, with major corrections or bear markets occurring in six out of the last eight instances [9][10] Inflation & Bond Market - Despite pressure to lower rates, inflation may persist and could become a long-term issue [4] - The gap between the 2-year and 30-year Treasury yields has widened to its largest in several years [4] - If rate cuts stimulate inflation, long-term yields are expected to rise [7] - The bond market may challenge the Fed's policies by selling off, leading to higher yields [13] Global Economic Context - The trend of focusing on inflation being not under control and governments having massive debt piles is happening globally [8] - The Bank of England cut rates, but now they have inflation at an 18-month high, and bond yields have been rising [11] - There is a good chance that a rate-cutting cycle could be initiated because things are breaking down globally [12]

President Trump has told advisers that he wants to move quickly to announce a nominee to replace Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors https://t.co/2qZTzVbOvb ...

From @WSJopinion: Trump’s battle with the Fed echoes Andrew Jackson’s war with the Second Bank of the United States, writes @wrmead https://t.co/TGcf3ppMJt ...

President Donald Trump’s bid to expand his control of the Federal Reserve is about to trigger a historic lawsuit over a short bit of legalese: “for cause” https://t.co/5zRj0xLub1 ...

The Trump administration is reviewing options for exerting more influence over the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional banks that would potentially extend its reach beyond personnel appointments in Washington https://t.co/h8eGpI2gEu ...

RT NYSE 🏛 (@NYSE)Today on Taking Stock 🎙️ Markets weigh Trump’s latest Fed move and @nvidia earnings on deck.@EinsteinoWallSt talks macro, @jayendra_jog of @Sei_Labs discusses stablecoins & tokenized assets. Plus, @philrosenn recaps the Fed shakeup & market outlook. https://t.co/0zGNFzfWU5 ...

President Donald Trump said he was prepared for a legal fight with Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after he moved to oust her from her post https://t.co/Yf61n5gPFk ...

I mean, if you are a voting member of the Fed and you have to decide about interest rates, as you always do, what incredible pressure this must bring to sort of if you decide we need to cut rates to prove the point, right. Show your work that this was done because of data rather than done because of pressure. >> Yeah.Well, nice to be with you, Courtney. I I think Chairman Powell has absolutely opened the door to uh a rate cut in in midepptember. So in some ways the timing of this is beneficial that it comes ...