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  • Trump Softens Tone on Jerome Powell, and the Federal Reserve Chair May Have Senator Kennedy to Thank for It

    04/22/2025 7:38:16 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies
    Red State ^ | 04/22/2025 | Sister Toldjah
    As RedState reported earlier, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) did an interview on "Meet the Press" Sunday, where he dropped facts on Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on the issue of whether suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador in March, had been afforded due process."In my judgment, [Van Hollen] is utterly and gloriously wrong," Kennedy told host Kristen Welker. "I mean, most of this gauzy rhetoric is just rage bait. Unless you’re next-level obtuse, you know that Mr. Garcia is never coming back to the United States ever," he also remarked."The other point I...
  • Trump says he has ‘no intention’ of firing Fed Chair Powell

    04/22/2025 3:54:40 PM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 46 replies
    CNBC ^ | 4/22/2025 | Kevin Breuninger
    President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has “no intention” of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell before his term leading the U.S. central bank ends next year. “None whatsoever,” Trump said in the Oval Office when asked to clarify that he did not seek Powell’s removal. “Never did.” The comment represents a dramatic shift for Trump, who has recently ramped up his rhetoric against Powell and declined to rule out the possibility of taking the unprecedented step of firing him. U.S. stock futures rose sharply across major indexes following Trump’s latest remarks. Trump, who has heaped pressure on the...
  • BREAKING: 3rd Would-Be Trump Assassin Plotted with Telegram Account Linked to Ukrainian Cell Number — We’ve Identified the Account and Individual It’s Registered To

    04/21/2025 5:03:48 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 20 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 21, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    A newly unsealed FBI affidavit reveals that 17-year-old Wisconsin native Nikita Casap — who murdered his parents, stole $14,000 in cash, and plotted to assassinate President Trump using a militarized drone — was communicating via Telegram with an overseas phone number registered to Vodafone Ukraine, one of the country’s largest mobile carriers. Menu New Exclusive Gateway Pundit Merch Now Available on Sticker Mule Stores! Shop Today to Support FREE SPEECH and American Manufacturing! ADVERTISEMENT BREAKING: 3rd Would-Be Trump Assassin Plotted with Telegram Account Linked to Ukrainian Cell Number — We’ve Identified the Account and Individual It’s Registered To by Jason...
  • Trump cranks up heat on Fed chair while pressing for rate cut: 'Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!'

    04/17/2025 11:12:49 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 17 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 4/17/2025 | Alex Nitzberg
    President Donald Trump continued lambasting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell while demanding interest rate cuts on Thursday. Trump nominated Powell to serve as chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System during his first term in office, and then-President Joe Biden later nominated Powell for a second term. However, Trump has soured on Powell and wants him out of the job. In a fiery Truth Social post on Thursday morning, the president declared, "The ECB is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th time, and yet, ‘Too Late’ Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always...
  • Economic Outlook--Chair Jerome H. Powell At the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    04/16/2025 11:25:31 AM PDT · by EBH · 10 replies
    Fed.gov ^ | 4/16/25 | Jerome Powell
    Thank you for the introduction. I am looking forward to our conversation, Professor Rajan. First, I will briefly discuss the outlook for the economy and monetary policy. At the Fed, we are always focused on the dual-mandate goals given to us by Congress: maximum employment and stable prices. Despite heightened uncertainty and downside risks, the U.S. economy is still in a solid position. The labor market is at or near maximum employment. Inflation has come down a great deal but is running a bit above our 2 percent objective. Recent Economic Data Turning to the incoming data, we will get...
  • Fed keeps rates unchanged as Trump tariffs, economic concerns loom

    03/19/2025 11:36:03 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 7 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/19/2025 | Tobias Burns
    The Federal Reserve held interbank lending rates steady on Wednesday at a range of 4.25 to 4.5 percent despite some signs that the economy may be heading for a slowdown. The decision to keep rates where they are was in line with market expectations. The CME FedWatch prediction algorithm based on futures contract prices registered Wednesday a 99 percent probability that the Fed would hold rates steady. The Fed has paused rate cuts for the second straight meeting since January. The central bank cut rates three times during the end of 2024 in response to weakening employment data and easing...
  • The agencies, after Trump gets done with them.

    03/05/2025 6:25:49 PM PST · by Jonty30 · 6 replies
    March 5, 2025 | Jonty30
    Repurposing government buildings
  • January inflation eases in Fed’s preferred measure

    02/28/2025 7:23:17 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 4 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/28/2025 | Tobias Burns
    Inflation in the Federal Reserve’s preferred price gauge eased in January after making steady increases throughout the fall. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased by 0.3 percent in January, easing to a 2.5-percent annual increase from 2.6 percent in December. The moves were in line with economists’ expectations. “This is about the only inflation indicator this month where the Fed can find some refuge,” Olu Sonola, economist with Fitch Ratings, wrote in an analysis. Concerns about resurgent inflation have been mounting after prices in both the PCE and the broader consumer price index (CPI) increased between September and...
  • The Answer To 1913 Is 2025: 3 Charts That Show Why The Income Tax, The IRS And The Federal Reserve Should All Be Abolished

    02/21/2025 3:51:49 AM PST · by davikkm · 21 replies
    Most Americans don’t know that for much of U.S. history there was no federal income tax and there was no central bank. But now everyone assumes that we must have a federal income tax and a central bank in order to have a functioning society. Today, there are just a handful of nations that do not have an income tax, and more than 99 percent of the entire population of the globe lives in a country that has a central bank. Of course the two work hand in hand. A central bank creates a spiral of borrowing that is meant...
  • Top-paid federal employee leaving $10.5M job — after first-term Trump said ‘we’re getting rid of him’ (Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Jeff Lyash)

    01/31/2025 2:28:23 PM PST · by Libloather · 46 replies
    NY Post ^ | 1/31/25 | Steven Nelson
    WASHINGTON — Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Jeff Lyash — the highest-paid federal employee with a compensation package of $10.5 million per year — abruptly announced Friday that he was retiring 11 days after the return to office of President Trump, who during his first term slammed Lyash’s “ridiculous” pay and vowed to fire him. “Sounds like Lyash got DOGE’d,” a senior administration official told The Post, referring to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative to rein in allegedly wasteful federal spending. A TVA rep denied that Lyash was departing either in response to or to get ahead of pressure...
  • Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged

    01/29/2025 11:37:49 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 4 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/29/2025 | John Carney
    Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged in their first policy decision of 2025. “Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. The unemployment rate has stabilized at a low level in recent months, and labor market conditions remain solid. Inflation remains somewhat elevated,” the Fed said Wednesday in a statement released at the conclusion of its two-day meeting. The Fed said that it views the risks of inflation and a softer labor market to be roughly balanced. Language from past statements noting progress on bringing inflation down was dropped from the official statement....
  • Trump: 'I'll demand that interest rates drop immediately'

    01/23/2025 9:24:22 AM PST · by Miami Rebel · 63 replies
    MPA (Mortgage Professional Newsletter) ^ | 1/18/2025 | Gage Skidmore
    President Donald Trump said Thursday he would apply pressure for interest rates to fall, paving the way for a possible confrontation with the Federal Reserve as its first rate decision of the year approaches. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump told an assembly of global leaders that interest rates both in the US and internationally were too high and that he would call for an instant move toward lower rates. “I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately,” he said. “And likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. Interest rates should follow us all over.” Trump...
  • Capitol Rioter Says She Would Refuse Pardon From Trump

    01/13/2025 7:10:06 AM PST · by rightwingintelligentsia · 102 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | January 13, 2025 | Zachary Folk
    A former Capitol rioter who publicly turned on President-elect Donald Trump after serving 60 days in federal prison has said she would “refuse” a pardon from the incoming president, who has previously promised to free nonviolent offenders who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Pamela Hemphill, a grandmother in her seventies who pleaded guilty to charges related to the riot, sounded off on social media about her thoughts on her prospective pardon. “I’m not going to be bullied by MAGA anymore, as those who went as far as calling my Probation Officer trying to get me in trouble backfired on...
  • Instead Of Counting On The Fed To Fix Mortgage Rates, Washington Should Stop Spending

    12/11/2024 9:44:52 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 12/11/2024 | Christopher Jacobs
    Lawmakers can help to lower long-term interest rates by getting the country’s fiscal house in order and lowering our structural deficit.Both in his first term and since the November election, Donald Trump has pointed to a rising stock market as an endorsement of his policies. He would be wise to keep his eyes focused on another key economic indicator.As the Federal Reserve started a round of interest rate reductions, mortgage rates rose again over the past two months. Coming as those locked out of ultra-low rates during the Covid panic face serious obstacles to purchasing the home of their dreams,...
  • Biden/Harris Replicates Regan’s Soviet Bankruptcy Strategy IN REVERSE, US Debt Stands At $36 TRILLION With $220.3 TRILLION In Unfunded Liabilities (Too Bad Total US Assets Are Only $217 TRILLON)

    10/26/2024 9:05:41 AM PDT · by Kaiser8408a · 11 replies
    Confounded Interest ^ | 10/24/2024 | Anthony B. Sanders
    I just watched Dennis Quaid in “Reagan”. Excellent film. But it reminded me of how Reagan sank the Soviet Union: by outspending the Soviet Union on the arms race. It worked! The Soviet Union, hamstrung by grossly inefficent central planning, couldn’t keep up and collapsed under President George H.W.Bush. Fast forward to today. Starting with Barack Obama and Joe Biden in 2009, following the financial crisis in 2008. The Federal government ramped up Federal spending, and Federal debt. While The Federal Reserve, the hand maiden to the Federal government, ramped up M2 Money supply. “You never want a serious crisis...
  • Biden-Harris feds shut down solvent banks in an unconstitutional move against crypto banking

    09/26/2024 2:42:29 PM PDT · by Twotone · 7 replies
    The Blaze ^ | September 25, 2024 | Nic Carter
    Many of you may remember my reporting around "Operation Choke Point 2.0" from the spring of 2023; TLDR, Biden's financial regulators, namely the Fed, FDIC, and OCC, launched a crackdown on banks covering the crypto space. The first casualty was Silvergate Bank, which voluntarily liquidated. The standard reporting around Silvergate was that the bank lent to crypto depositors and those depositors were flighty; when rates rose, Silvergate suffered M2M losses on bond portfolios and ended up insolvent. Except that's not true. Silvergate weathered the storm, even though short sellers and members of Congress like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) encouraged a...
  • David Tepper says the Fed has to cut rates at least two or three more times to keep credibility

    09/26/2024 8:51:58 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 20 replies
    CNBC ^ | 9/26/2024 | Yun Li
    Appaloosa Management’s David Tepper said investors should believe the Federal Reserve when it says it will lower interest rates because the central bank has now to keep credibility. “You just read what these guys are saying,” Tepper said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Thursday. “Powell told you something... He told you some kind of recalibration. He has to follow through somewhat. I’m not that smart. I just read what they say and do they have conviction. They usually do what they say, especially when they have this level of conviction.” The Fed last week sliced half a percentage point off benchmark...
  • The Fed sees its inflation fight as a success. Will the public eventually agree?

    09/23/2024 6:47:52 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 13 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 09/23/2024 | AP
    WASHINGTON (AP) — With its larger-than-usual half-point cut to its key interest rate last week, the Federal Reserve underscored its belief that it’s all but conquered inflation after three long years. The public at large? Not so much. Consumer surveys, including one released Friday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, show that most Americans remain unhappy with the economy, still bruised by an inflation rate that hit a four-decade high two years ago as the economy rebounded from the pandemic recession. Yet in the view of some economists, the shift toward steadily lower borrowing rates could eventually...
  • Fed's lone dissenter views jumbo cut 'premature declaration of victory' on inflation

    09/21/2024 2:21:05 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    Andalou Agency ^ | 21.09.2024 | Ovunc Kutlu
    Michelle Bowman, who advocated for 25 basis points of rate cut, believes moving at measured pace will ensure bringing inflation down to 2%Michelle Bowman, a member of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors, said Friday she views the central bank's jumbo interest rate cut as a "premature declaration of victory" on inflation. Bowman, who was the only member of the Federal Open Market Committee voting for a 25 basis points of rate cut instead of 50 basis points, said core inflation remains above 2.5%. "We have not yet achieved our inflation goal," she said in a statement. "I see...
  • Mortgage rates creep closer to 6% — the lowest level since early 2023

    09/19/2024 10:08:48 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 21 replies
    New York Post ^ | 9/19/2024 | Associated Press
    The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US edged closer to 6% this week to its lowest level since early February 2023. The rate fell to 6.09% from 6.20% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 7.19%. The last time the average rate was this low was on Feb. 2, 2023. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week. The average rate fell to 5.15% from 5.27% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6.54%, Freddie...