Fed Governor Waller Backs Trump’s Calls for Immediate Rate Cut
Waller says that tariffs will not create lasting inflation and the Fed should cut at its meeting later this month.
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Zinke: ‘Bond Market Doesn’t Lie’, Tariffs Have to Lead to Deals with China, E.U. and Prices Stabilize for Interest Rates to Fall
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) said that tariffs ultimately have to lead to trade deals with the E.U. and China and “having tariffs out there, even though there’s more income coming into the Treasury,
Breitbart Business Digest: How to Think About Trump’s Unorthodox Monetary Policy
In a recent series of Truth Social posts, the president made the case that the strength of the U.S. economy justifies lower interest rates.
Trump Declares U.S. Is Officially ‘Back’, Calls for Lower Interest Rates
President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the United States is officially “back” and called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.
New Home Sales Plunge in May as High Interest Rates Weigh on Affordability
High interest rates are increasingly a drag on the housing market.
Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Admits the Data Supports Rate Cuts, But Anti-Tariff Views Stand in the Way
The Fed chair once warned against using speculative forecasts to drive policy. Now he’s doing exactly that.
Powell Pushes Back On Trump, Says Tariff Uncertainty Justifies Holding Rates Steady
Fed chair tells lawmakers inflation could rise again due to Trump’s tariffs, keeping rate cuts on hold for now.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Consensus Begins to Crack Up
For much of this year, the Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady after a series of cuts in late 2024. But that fragile consensus may be breaking.
Pressure on ‘Too Late’ Powell: Another Fed Official Signals Support for July Cut
Bowman’s comments come just days after Fed Governor Christopher Waller also said he could support a July cut. T
Fed’s Waller Says Fed Could Begin Cutting Rates in July
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday that the central bank could begin lowering interest rates as soon as next month, arguing that inflation has cooled and that policymakers should not wait for the labor market to weaken before acting.
Trump Slams Powell Over Rates: ‘Too Late’ Fed Chair Costing U.S. Billions
“TOO LATE’s an American Disgrace!” Trump wrote.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed Goes to War on Tariffs
The Federal Reserve announced definitively on Wednesday that President Trump’s tariff policies are forcing a more aggressive stance on inflation.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Golden Era for U.S. Workers Has Arrived Ahead of Schedule
Real wages are rising. Prices are not. The economy is healing—not in theory or through tortured revisions, but in real-time and at the household level.
Trump Calls On ‘Too Late’ Powell To Cut Interest Rates
Trump is keeping up the pressure on the Fed to cut rates.
Trump Blasts Powell As A ‘Fool’ After Fed Holds Rates Steady
President Donald Trump once again took aim at Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday, apparently unhappy with the central bank’s decision Wednesday to hold its interest rate benchmark steady.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Economy Refuses to Play Nice with the Fed
The Fed is stuck between crosscurrents: too strong to ease, too shaky to hike. The best they can do is what they’ve been doing—waiting for the fog to lift.
Trump Has No Plans to Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell: ‘The Press Runs Away with Things’
President Donald Trump has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom he called a “major loser” in a Truth Social post on Monday.
Trump Urges Fed Chair Jerome Powell to Cut Interest Rates
President Donald Trump on Friday called for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, contending it is the “perfect time” to do so.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed Isn’t Buying the Media’s Tariff Panic
The Federal Reserve’s latest projections show that tariffs are not the primary driver of higher inflation forecasts.
Trump Says Fed Should Cut Rates as Tariff Hikes Approach
President Donald Trump is demanding the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, escalating a high-stakes clash between the White House and the central bank as his administration prepares to unleash a new wave of tariffs.
Fed Holds Rates Steady as Inflation Stays Stubborn, Growth Slows
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, holding steady at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent for a second consecutive meeting.
Housing Market Struggles as High Prices and Mortgage Rates Weigh on Buyers
Existing-home sales stumbled in January, falling 4.9 percent from December to an annualized pace of 4.08 million, a sharper drop than the 2.6 percent decline economists had expected. The start of 2025 continues a prolonged period of weakness in home
Breitbart Business Digest: Why Trump Is Right That Tariffs and Rate Cuts Go Hand in Hand
Heads exploded across the establishment financial press on Wednesday when President Donald Trump proclaimed that tariffs and lower rates go hand in hand.
Breitbart Business Digest: Scott Bessent Explains Trump’s Interest Rate Policy
We got some powerful support this week for our argument that President Trump is not demanding that the Federal Reserve cut interest rates.
GOP Sen. Ricketts: Capping Credit Card Interest Rates Will Probably Cause Companies to Stop Offering Products
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) stated that the proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10% from Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), which is an idea President Donald Trump has
Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Plays Nice with Trump
Jerome Powell did a fine job at his press conference Wednesday of staying out of the way of politics despite being peppered with questions from reporters practically begging him to weigh in against President Donald Trump’s policies.
Breitbart Business Digest: Why the Fed Should Put the Brakes on Rate Cuts
A resilient labor market, the improving outlook among small businesses, and persistent inflation pressures are signals that the Fed’s September and October rate cuts may have been premature.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Era of Fed Cuts Is Over
The Federal Reserve’s rate-cutting cycle has very likely come to an end—although it may take Fed officials several months to figure this out.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed Admits Inflation Is Stickier Than It Thought
Federal Reserve officials this week came as close as they are probably ever going to get to admitting that the aggressive interest rate reduction they enacted weeks before the 2024 election was a mistake.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed Should Take a Long Winter’s Nap
Federal Reserve officials appear poised to repeat the mistake of September and November by cutting interest rates again when the economic data clearly calls for a pause.
White House: Interest Rates Are Up Due to ‘Stronger Economy’ Under Biden, Trump’s ‘Destructive’ Ideas
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein stated that bond market interest rates and mortgage rates have increased and that’s partially due to “the stronger economy” under President Joe Biden,
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed Should Stop Cutting But Probably Will Not
The latest economic data suggests that the Federal Reserve should halt any further rate cuts.
Breitbart Business Digest: What’s Next for the Fed After the September Blunder?
After the Fed’s surprise 50-basis-point cut in September, the burning question now is whether the central bank overplayed its hand.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s 50 Basis Point Cut Was a Mistake Under Pressure From Democrats and Wall Street
The Federal Reserve’s 50-basis-point rate cut in September wasn’t just premature—it was driven by political pressures.
Yellen to Fed: Data ‘Suggests’ Further Rate Cuts Are ‘Appropriate’
During an interview with CNBC on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen responded to a question on if she thinks the Federal Reserve has rates that are too high by stating that the Fed’s members expect rates to be cut and
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Secret Tightening of Monetary Policy
Fed officials now think it will take a higher rate to sustainably achieve two percent inflation.
Breitbart Business Digest: Everyone Agrees the Fed Cut Was a Gift to Kamala Harris
We have discovered something that the supporters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump agree on: the Federal Reserve’s half-point interest rate cut this week was a political gift to Harris.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed Will Struggle to Back Off Big Cuts Now
The Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to begin lowering interest rates raises the question of how fast rates should be expected to decline.
Carney on ‘Kudlow’: The Fed Tied Its Own Hands with Rate Cut Decision
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Breitbart News economics editor John Carney stated that the Federal Reserve should have waited until after the election to make rate cuts and that by announcing a cut of 50 basis points
Breitbart Business Digest: The Ugly History of Preemptive Fed Cuts
As the Fed prepares to cut rates again, it’s worth remembering that rate cuts are never free, even when they seem like an easy fix. For the market, it’s always fun while it lasts, but the reckoning is rarely far behind.
