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Jerome Powell may finally grant Trump his interest rate wish thanks to China deal

President Trump's wish for a rate cut may be looking more realistic as economic uncertainty clears—but it still won't be happening any time soon.

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Powell won’t cut interest rates on Wednesday, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says. He suspects attacks on the Fed chair will escalate

“Powell is not going to do anything,” Siegel said in an interview. “Trump, I think, is going to step up the escalation,” he said later.

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Wharton's Jeremy Siegel calls Trump's tariffs the 'biggest policy mistake in 95 years'

“I don’t know why Trump didn’t learn the lesson of the Smoot-Hawley tariff,” he said.

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Powell to hold off on rate cuts amid Trump policy uncertainty, Goldman Sachs says

Analysts are expecting the FOMC to push back their "normalization" base rate cuts amid economic uncertainty, as Jerome Powell takes a step back from any action despite pressure from Donald Trump.

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Global markets tumble as Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China spark trade war fears

Growth expectations for the U.S. economy are falling as China and Canada announce their next move in the tit-for-tat trade spat with the White House.

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Wall Street worried that new tariffs will turn the Trump bump into a slump

Even unfilled tariff threats are beginning to alter consumer and business behavior, with markets stumbling on news of yet more sanctions on China.

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Trump crying wolf over tariffs has already convinced Wall Street that threats will be short-lived

An eleventh-hour deal achieved President Trump’s political aims, but Wall Street remains concerned that tariffs will become a permanent threat in negotiations.

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GameStop’s CEO celebrated Trump’s election victory. His company’s stock has been climbing ever since

Markets across the board rallied the morning after Trump was elected in sweeping victory over Kamala Harris

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The Fed and chair Powell are 24 hours away from making market-moving news. Here’s what to expect

"The equity markets have remained resilient, particularly favoring value and dividend-paying stocks this quarter. This inclination may gain momentum as the Fed begins to implement rate cuts."

Fortune

Some on Wall Street think we're could get a 50-point rate cut from the Fed

"Why don't you just get started?"

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Interest rate cut expectations just keep getting deeper as Powell's 'risk bias' changes

"We believe it puts the Fed on track to deliver a roughly 100 bp step-down in rates by the end of this year."

Fortune

Famed economist Ed Yardeni predicts it'll be 'one and done' for Fed rate cuts despite Wall Street expectations

Yardeni is unconvinced the data is cool enough to push Chair Powell and his colleagues to multiple cuts: "It'll be dovish but not as dovish as the market is discounting."

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Top economist Mohamed El-Erian warns an emergency Fed rate cut could reinforce a negative spiral and help spark a recession

“It’s a little bit like wanting to go to the emergency room for a cough,” El-Erian told Fortune.

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It's not the Fed's job to make the market 'comfortable' says Fed president

Analysts holding out for the Fed to rescue the stock market might be waiting in vain

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An emergency Fed rate cut of 75 basis point is needed now, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says

Another cut of 75 basis points should come at the Fed’s next meeting in September, he added.

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Today's Fed meeting is merely a warm up act for September according to Wall Street—but they shouldn't count their chickens just yet

Wall Street analysts are not waiting to hear the outcome of today's FOMC discussions. Instead, they want after clues about Q3.

Fortune

Donald Trump told the Fed not to cut rates before the election—but Wall Street is convinced he won't get his way

"The market is now pricing in more than two 25-basis-point rate cuts by year-end, including a near-100% chance of a September cut."

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FOMO still ‘ruling the market’ says Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel, as investors hold out for an elusive rate cut to boost prospects

Jeremy Siegel, emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote tech innovations like Nvidia are continuing to "capture the imagination" of the market.

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Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says the U.S. economy is at a perfect ‘Goldilocks pace’—neither too strong nor too weak to spook the Fed or markets

"Everyone is focused on how many rate cuts are priced ... and how we need six cuts to have a good 2024. I totally disagree with that."

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Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says the Dow could surpass 40,000—if the Fed doesn’t get in the way

If the Fed doesn't cut interest rates in January, they may have to lower it in their March meeting, Siegel said.

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With the stock market in 'striking distance' of all-time high, Wharton's Jeremy Siegel warns the only thing that can derail it is Jerome Powell

"The primary risk that could knock us off course is a Federal Reserve that remains fixated on inflation fears."

Fortune

'The era of “do nothing, the boss can’t fire me" is over' says Ivy League professor Jeremy Siegel, as workers face down fear of layoffs

Professor Jeremy Siegel said staff looking over their shoulders at laid off peers may have actually proved useful to the economy.

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‘Bond King’ Bill Gross says it's time to stop betting against bonds and get ready for a economic slowdown: 'Recession in the 4th quarter'

'Bond King' Bill Gross said a recession is coming for the U.S. economy in the fourth quarter.

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Bank of America warned consumers they would be pushed to the 'point of pain', CEO Brian Moynihan says we've now reached that point

Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of America, said although consumers are buying less, some families are beginning to spend more than they're bringing in.

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Janet Yellen says inflation is actually being ‘really well-behaved’ as she strikes optimistic tone on jobs

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said interest rates are not causing “dysfunction” in the market.

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