A lot was expantiated of Mr.Miran's paper on restructuring Global trade. He's Mr.Trump's Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, and he wrote the blueprint for the tariff strategy.
SEE MOREA lot was expantiated of Mr.Miran's paper on restructuring Global trade. He's Mr.Trump's Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, and he wrote the blueprint for the tariff strategy.
SEE MOREPresident Mr.D.Trump allegedly expantiated he's looking and Scrutunizing assidously to name a temporary Fed Governor; then a permanent one, for the seat to be vacated by Mr. Kugler on Friday. That said, here's what he could do to immediately neuter Mr. Powell, and accelerate the easing path.
SEE MOREIf the Fed no longer has the European Central Bank's back, then the ability of the ECB to backstop European sovereign debt will be tested. And it probably won't go well. Remember, these EU member states have large scale deficit spending coming down the pike, to fund defense and AI commitments. And the ECB will be, almost certaintly, back in action to tame the bond yields of the fiscally vulnerable countries. Without global coordination, the will lack the firepower.
SEE MOREThe Mr.D.Trump Administration has effectively diminished the voice of the Fed, by elevating a "shadow Fed" -- a lineup of Mr.Trump-aligned Fed Chair candidates that have already openly signaled future monetary policy to markets [i.e. significant eas] The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has overshot job growth on its initial report seven consecutive months -- nearly half a million jobs. The result has been, fiscal and industrial policy with a foot on the gas pedal, and monetary policy with a foot on the brake pedal.
SEE MORECanada late Sunday said it would rescind a new tax it planned to collect from large tech companies after President Donald Trump last week called the levy a “blatant attack” on the United States and said he would suspend trade talks with Ottawa over it.
SEE MORENotable Stocks broke down. And that flipped the script on Fed policy. A few weeks later, Jerome Powell went to Jackson Hole and declared it "time for policy to adjust." Again, the jobs growth was persistently slowing, and the Fed's favored inflation gauge (PCE) was 2.5%. A month ago,Mr.Powell said they expected tariffs to show up in goods inflation over the summer. The Fed’s messaging was centered on “uncertainty.” They were in wait-and-see mode.
SEE MORENotably; Previous month, two voting Fed members have said they favor a rate cut at this meeting and both of which are voices respected by the Fed Chair (Powell). It was Bowman's big speech last month that revealed the Fed's plan to finally reform the bank leverage ratio rule that has been distorting liquidity, and creating unnecessary liquidity risk in the U.S. Treasury market. In the same speech, she said: "should inflation pressures remain contained, I would support lowering the policy rate as soon as our next meeting."
SEE MOREThese trade deals are bringing trade partners into a new system of sharing the burden along with the benefits. Still, these deals aren’t as one-sided as they look. Miran's paper makes the case that tariffs don’t hit consumers if the exporting country’s currency absorbs the blow (i.e. a weaker currency).
SEE MORENotably; days after Fed decision on monetary policy, and President Mr. Trump tightened the screws on Mr.Jerome Powell today with an impromptu, in-person visit (to the Fed). Still, markets aren't budging. There's effectively zero chance priced in for a cut next week. And the betting Stockmarkets on an early Mr.Powell exit are barely changed, even after Mr.Trump outright called for Mr. Powell's resignation two weeks ago.
SEE MOREMr.Trump and company have quickly drawn most of the world back into alignment with the U.S., using the U.S. consumer, U.S. financial stability and U.S. security as leverage.
SEE MORENotably;Mr.Jerome Powell may have officially become a lame duck Fed Chair Previous week (functionally weakened). And a "shadow Fed" may now be a reality, and with meaningful influence on markets. Remember, it was the interview with Mr.Kevin Warsh (a Mr.Trump candidate to replace Mr.Powell) last Thursday that might have been the inflection point. It's only Monday, and already the drumbeat for Fed regime change has grown louder.
SEE MOREBased of those inputs of CPI and PPI, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge ;personal consumption expenditures (PCE) , is now expected to come in at an annual change of 2.5%.That's an uptick of a couple of tenths of a percent, and it's moving away from the Fed's 2% target.
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