For more on the Fed, let's bring in Jeffrey's chief market strategist, David Zervos, and former Richmond Fed President, Jeffrey Lacker. Guys, welcome. Uh, Jeffrey, so uh, the Fed seems to be listening to these calls for a meaningful amount of inflation perhaps in the back half of the year.What's the meaningful data that could counter that and still lead to a cut. Is it employment related. No, I don't think so.Um, I mean, if employment fell out of bed, of course, they'd react, but it looks like the employmen ...

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Nick Tamros of the Wall Street Journal. Uh, Cher Pal, I guess I'm wondering if you could explain a little bit more the divergence we see in the dot plot, particularly around the 2025 rate projections. I realize this is uh, you know, you have one group of officials that are putting down no cuts, another that are putting down more than one.Um, and again recognizing that could be difficult to summarize, but is it a matter of people having a different outlook or a different reaction function, a different commit ...

Steve Leeman. Now, no change in the Federal Reserve funds rate, staying at a net level of four and a quarter to four and a half percent. Some really interesting stuff in the forecast.Let me tell you about the assessment of the economy. First, they're saying the economy continues to expand at a solid pace. Unemployment remains low.Inflation is somewhat elevated. And they talk about the idea that swings in net exports, all that front running is affecting the data. Now, the Fed forecast increase the inflation ...

Monetary Policy & Economic Concerns - The Senator has previously urged Powell to cut rates [1] - The current economic situation is complex, with moderated inflation but a softening labor environment [3] - Trump's policies, including tariffs and national debt management, are creating economic chaos [3] - Trump's actions create a dilemma for the Fed regarding rate adjustments, impacting both employment and inflation [4] Fed Independence - Trump has been attempting to undermine Jerome Powell and the independence of the Fed [7] - Maintaining the Fed's independence is crucial for the strength of the American economy [10] - Republicans in the Senate are trying to undermine the Fed's independence, for example, by attempting to cut salaries of people who work at the fed [12] - Congress has already established laws to preserve the Fed's independence [12]

Joining us now is our former vice chair, Alan Blinder. Allan, good to have you. Uh, tariffs going to be what would one would imagine an important sort of focus certainly in the press conference.Where do you stand in terms of the inflationary impact of tariffs, which we have yet to really see in any significance. Is it still coming. I I think it's still coming.I I stand exactly where you are that we haven't seen much from the tariffs yet. The tariffs have been announced, unannounced, announced, unannounced. ...

Maybe I should go to the Fed. Do you Am I allowed to point myself, Doug. I don't know.Am I allowed to appoint myself at the Fed. I do a much better job than these people. So, anyway, we should be two points lower. Be nice to be two and a half points lower.We'd be saving $800 billion. 700 billion. That's a lot of money.Think for nothing. For absolutely nothing, we'd save 67800 billion dollar. We have I think we're 38th now in interest and we should be number one.We should be the lowest. But uh and by the way ...

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Fed Policy & Interest Rates - The CNBC Fed survey projects the Fed funds rate to be at 389% by the end of the year [1] - The base case expectation is that the Fed will cut rates one to two times this year, aligning with the Fed's communication [2] - The Fed's policy statement is expected to remain unchanged, with any news potentially emerging from the statement of economic projections [3] - The Fed is expected to maintain its current stance, awaiting further data to clarify inflation expectations [7] Economic Uncertainty & Geopolitical Factors - There's increased uncertainty due to the Middle East situation, reciprocal tariffs, and unclear US-China relations [4][5] - Geopolitics is playing a bigger role in inflation expectations [6] - The Fed's tools are limited in addressing changes in trade policy, the political environment, and geopolitical factors [6] US Dollar & Treasury Market - The dollar has shown weakness, with a temporary rebound as a flight to safety [8] - Foreign buyers have reduced their holdings of US Treasuries, decreasing from 50% to 30% over the past decade [8] - Dollar depreciation is anticipated to continue marginally, with treasury market volatility expected, especially in the long end [13] Investor Sentiment & Market Dynamics - Investors, including sophisticated institutional investors, are questioning their geographic allocation to US assets [10] - The depth and liquidity of US markets, including treasuries, the dollar, and private assets, remain robust [11] - There is still no alternative to the US dollar [12] - A transition is occurring that matters for flows and valuations, but it is marginal from a geopolitical perspective at the moment [12]