I actually think the most important thing going on right now in terms of the Fed's independence is what's happening for the the successor to the Fed chairman. The president is making very clear that his successor is expected to cut interest rates. So, whoever gets the job is going to have to make some implicit or explicit promise to the president of the United States that he's cutting interest rates.And to me, that's compromised independence. Do you think that the Fed should be an independent entity of the ...

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President Trump and several officials from his administration took a field trip this week to the Federal Reserve. They wanted to check out the renovations that have gone over budget and continue keeping the pressure on Fed Chair Jay Powell to cut rates. The first opportunity to do that is next week, just a few days before tariffs are set to spike unless more countries make a deal with the administration. This week, the president celebrated more trade deals and frameworks, particularly one with Japan that Tr ...

I want you to look, if you will, at Jerome Powell's face here. This is the followup, if you will. This is the followup to the Jonathan Swan Donald Trump meeting in the first Powell has that swan look. It's interesting. He got to go there. He got to lobby him. And then at the end, he said a good mood good meeting with him. Uh even though um the president did not have good staff work. Somebody handed the president the wrong number. How much time do I have here? Because I have so much I want to break down in t ...

Bring in show music, please. Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on Squawk Pod, him to lower interest rates. Other than that, what can I tell you? The presidential field trip that pitted the White House's numbers against the Fed chair's facts. It was like almost like a sitcom, that little moment. This was a little crazy watching it yesterday. Where does Chairman Jay Powell go from here? a White House adviser who was at this extraordinary meeting at the central bank, OM Director Russell Vote joins us. ...

the chairman can say to you today that would make you back off some of the earlier criticism. Well, I'd love him to lower interest rates. That was President Trump yucking it up in a rare visit to the Federal Reserve yesterday to renew pressure on Chairman Jerome Powell.As the pod as the pair stood side by side in matching hard hats, it's quite the sight. Trump lamented about the cost of the Fed's ongoing building renovations. Powell then remarkably fact checked the president in real time.So, we're taking a ...

I I think that Jerome Powell I think we had a very good meeting forgetting about the building that's out of control and all that but I think we had a very good meeting on interest rates and he said to me now I don't know if he's going to say this on Thursday or when they every speak but he said to me very strongly the country is doing well he said congratulations the country is doing really well and I got that to mean that I think he's going to start recommending lower rates. ...

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