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.
Christopher Waller
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.
Breitbart Business Digest: How Trump Can Break the Fed’s Groupthink Problem
President Trump has a rare opportunity to break the cycle of the Fed’s bureaucratic groupthink. Here are three decisive moves he can make.
Breitbart Business Digest: Waller Argues Tariffs Won’t Derail Rate Cuts
If Christopher Waller’s view prevails at the Fed, it will mean that Washington no longer has to choose between stable prices and national economic strategy. Tariffs can be a tool, not a threat.
Fed’s Waller Says Rate Cuts Will Have To Wait Until ‘Several More Months’ Of Good Inflation Data
Progress on inflation has been very slight, so any rate cuts will have to wait until the Fed has several more months of data on inflation, Waller said.
Breitbart Business Digest: Waller Sees Clear Waters, Steady as She Goes
Fed Governor Christopher Waller argues that there is no reason to fear that we are sailing into a recession, which is the thing that usually prompts rate cuts from the Fed.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed Has An Opportunity to Fight Back
Will the Fed defend the position it staked out in December or capitulate to the view of bond traders?
Breitbart Business Digest: Consumers Are Murdering the March Rate Cut
This week’s economic data very likely pushed the timing of a rate cut further out on the calendar.
Breitbart Business Digest: Waller Says a Soft Landing Means Fed Can Wait on Cuts
The prospects of a soft landing for the economy is no reason for the Federal Reserve to rush into rate cuts.
Breitbart Business Digest: Biden Shows Up Late with a Supply Chain Council
The most striking thing about President Biden announcing a special White House council on supply chains is that it took until this Monday to happen.
Breitbart Business Digest: Fed Is Fighting Itself on Rates and Inflation
Does the rule that you cannot fight the Fed apply if the Fed is fighting itself?
Breitbart Business Digest: Fed Officials Warn the Economy Will Slow or We’ll Face a Second Wave of Inflation
The Federal Reserve is not buying the optimism about the economy that the White House has been marketing under the brand Bidenomics.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Chris Waller Kills the Halloween Hike
Federal Reserve Governor Chris Waller on Wednesday drained some of the drama of the coming Halloween meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee.
Fed Governor Waller Says Two More Hikes Needed This Year
Long and variable? Maybe not. Fed Governor Christopher Waller have a speech titled “Big Shocks Travel Fast: Why Policy Lags May Be Shorter Than You Think” on Thursday night in New York.
Breitbart Business Digest: Our Mall Rat Recovery Means Fed Hikes Still Coming
Someone forgot to tell the mall rats that the economy is supposed to be in a recession any day now.
Breitbart Business Digest: Progress on Inflation Has Stalled as Demand for Services Stays Strong
The services sector index for February shows that progress on inflation has definitely stalled as demand for services remains strong.
Fed Speech Canceled After Porn Zoom Bomb
A highly anticipated speech by Fed Governor Christopher Waller was scrapped after a participant in the Zoom call started showing porn to the audience.
