Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on October 13, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images Treasury yields fell on Tuesday, sending a key rate below 4% as investors looked for safety from simmering U.S.-China trade tensions. Traders also braced for a a speech by …
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — and These 6 Words Should Terrify Wall Street and Investors
Jerome Powell’s candid observation points to the stock market’s biggest threat. For more than a century, no asset class has come close to matching the annualized return of stocks. This year, we’ve witnessed the broad-based S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.01%), ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.51%), and innovation-inspired Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.28%) explode to multiple record-closing highs. But just because …
Read More »Fed Chief Jerome Powell Just Delivered a Dire Warning to Wall Street. History Offers Us a Strikingly Clear Picture of What May Happen Next.
The Federal Reserve recently lowered interest rates for the first time this year. The S&P 500 went through a rough patch earlier this year as investors worried about U.S. President Donald Trump’s import tariffs and how they might affect the economy. The U.S.’ move to negotiate with countries and show flexibility relieved some of the tension. Companies went on to …
Read More »Trump posts cartoon of himself firing Fed chair Jerome Powell (SP500:) – Seeking Alpha
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Read More »Jerome Powell dismisses Trump’s criticism of ‘political’ Fed as ‘cheap shot’ | Federal Reserve
The US Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, pushed back hard against claims the central bank allows politics to drive decisions, in the midst of an extraordinary battle over its independence. Donald Trump, who is seeking to increase his administration’s control over the Fed, has branded Powell “a very political guy” after he declined to bow to the president’s public demands …
Read More »Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI e
The dramatic rise in unemployment among Americans under 25—especially recent graduates—has become one of the most troubling economic headlines of 2025. Recent insights from economists, central bankers, and labor market analysts signal that this appears to be a uniquely American challenge, underpinned by a “no hire, no fire” economy rather than solely by the rapid ascent of artificial intelligence. For …
Read More »Jerome Powell warns of signs of an AI bubble and an economy leaning too hard on the rich
For months, Wall Street commentators have fretted that the artificial intelligence boom looks like a bubble, with capital spending – which some analysts estimate could reach $3 trillion by 2028 – fattening a few mega-cap firms, while lower-income workers suffer from a slack labor market. On Wednesday, they got validation from an unlikely source: the chair of the Federal Reserve. …
Read More »Interest Rates Cut by a Quarter Point; Projects 2 More for 2025; Trump Nom Miran Dissents; Watch Jerome Powell’s Speech Next
The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the first time in nine months on Wednesday, but the central bank struck a cautious approach by cutting by a quarter of a percentage point. At the conclusion of a two-day policy meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to lower its target for the federal-funds rate to 4% to 4.25%, as investors …
Read More »Sorry Jerome, weakening economic data is ‘exactly what markets needed’, says Wharton professor
Weaker labor data has boosted expectations of Fed rate cuts, with Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel predicting three reductions this year. Markets are rallying on the outlook, while Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius warns job growth is fragile but sees a rebound by 2026 as tariffs ease and policy turns supportive. Recent jobs data did not paint the stable picture of the labor …
Read More »Fed Chair Jerome Powell is worried about the job market. Here are 3 red flags for workers.
When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door to cutting interest rates for the first time in nearly a year, he noted the tremors beginning to shake a main pillar of the U.S. economy: the labor market. Concerns about the pace of job growth were heightened earlier this month after government data showed a sharp slowdown in hiring in …
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