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 ...

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The direction of the Fed next year. You already see record futures wagers in the market, with a lot of investors betting that the next Fed chair will be dovish. But given where we are right now, given the concerns about inflation, especially on the heels of all of this geopolitical tension, do you think that because the president wants lower rates, that the central bank can deliver them.Because I think the big question is, is the president going to appoint a shadow Fed chair. Right. There's a lot of talk th ...

I'm trying to work out whether the Bessen and the and the reporting that maybe he's going to be considered for Fed chair after after Powell is good news for the markets or a risk for the markets given how well many within the markets think he's handled that tension between being loyal to Trump and executing the tariff regime and those of course negotiations with the trading partners. Yeah, he's he's definitely seen by the market as a safe pair of hands, but again what you just said there, he's seen as very ...

ISSUE 139 | May 15, 2025 | 11:35 AM EDT FED INDEPENDENCE: HOW CONCERNING? President Trump's public criticism of the Fed and, more importantly, his attempts to turn words into action by setting in motion a challenge to the landmark ruling that has prevented presidents from removing officials of independent agencies without cause have raised serious concerns about Fed independence. We talk to former Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida, the Hoover Institution's John Cochrane, and GS' Jan Hatzius and Joseph Briggs, ...