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Independence Of Central Banks Tested By Trump Attacks On US Fed

For months, US President Donald Trump has been piling pressure on the Federal Reserve over delayed cuts to interest rates, casting the institution's independence into doubt.

International Business Times

Inside the Fed’s economic projections, ‘something isn’t adding up’ according to SoFi’s investment chief

The Fed says the economy will grow and unemployment will decline. So why did it cut interest rates on Wednesday?

Fortune

The Fed's cut was 'more hawkish than anticipated,' Moody's Zandi says — and warns it won't be enough to stave off a looming jobs recession

The market didn’t get the dovish signal it was looking for.

Fortune

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70% of Gen Z are so anxious about money that they can’t sleep—they’re dealing with it by bed rotting and watching TV instead of budgeting

As Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warns Gen Z face a brutal job market, 7 in 10 can’t sleep because they're so stressed about their finances—and 1 in 3 are bed rotting to cope.

Fortune

Asian Markets Fluctuate As Focus Turns To Trump-Xi, BoJ

Asian markets swung Friday at the end of a strong week for investors following the US interest rate cut, with attention now turning to a call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

International Business Times

This Stock Market Ain’t No Party, It Ain’t No Disco, and Investors Need to Stop Fooling Around. Here’s What to Watch ASAP After Fed Day.

Let’s use Barchart’s ETF data and charts to try and predict where the market is moving next.

Barchart

The Federal Reserve Cuts Rates With Inflation Still Hot. Is Political Pressure Winning?

When the Federal Reserve is concerned about inflation, it increases the federal funds rate. Despite expressing such concerns, the Fed lowered it.

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Trump administration asks supreme court to allow firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook

Request sets stage for historic test of presidential power as Trump pursues greater control of the Federal Reserve

The Guardian - US

Fed meeting hints at new future of the central bank

The dissent at the Federal Reserve this week shows its future does not look like its past.

Axios

Markets got what they wanted from Powell with a Fed rate cut and they're still not happy

Jerome Powell delivered a 25bps rate cut, but Wall Street’s muted reaction reflects concern it was a risk move on jobs, not confidence.

Fortune

Stocks Rally Before the Open After Fed Rate Cut With More Easing Ahead

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are up +0.84%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU25) are up +1.10% this morning, pointing to a sharply higher open on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time since December and signaled more reductions could follow soon.

Barchart

Euro holds at 4-year highs, European equities soar on Fed's dovish cut

European stocks rallied on Thursday after the Fed cut rates to 4.00%–4.25% and signalled more easing. Markets cheered the dovish tone, boosting equities across the eurozone, with tech and bank shares leading the gains.

Euronews

The Federal Reserve’s independence is about to be tested like never before

Donald Trump wants drastic rate cuts – and his campaign to exert greater political control over the Fed continues

The Guardian - US

Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate for the first time this year

Fed officials, in a set of projections also released on Wednesday, signalled that they expect to reduce their key rate twice more this year, but just once in 2026.

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Asian shares mostly climb after US stocks remained near record levels following the Fed's rate cut

Asian shares, led by tech stocks, are mostly higher after Wall Street indexes a day earlier churned between gains and losses but ultimately remained near record levels following the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut its main interest rate

International Business Times

Asian Markets Fluctuate After Fed Cuts Interest Rates

Equities wavered in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates but left investors wondering how many more cuts were in the pipeline despite boss Jerome Powell warning about the struggling jobs market.

Fortune

Jerome Powell on signs of an AI bubble and an economy leaning too hard on the rich: ‘Unusually large amounts of economic activity'

“[Spending] may well be skewed toward higher-earning consumers,” Powell said. “There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest that.”

Fortune

Jerome Powell says the Gen Z hiring nightmare is real: 'Kids coming out of college...are having a hard time finding jobs’

"You've got a low firing, low hiring environment" in the economy right now. When asked if it's AI, Powell shrugged: "there may be something there."

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Powell isn’t being subtle about Trump, immigration and the employment disaster: ‘The supply of workers has obviously come way down’

"There’s very little growth, if any, in the supply of workers. And at the same time, demand for workers has also come down quite sharply," the Fed chair said.

Fortune

Markets expected the rate cut, but the ‘real surprise’ is the Fed’s opinion on the current state of the economy, quant CEO says

The Federal Reserve’s policy setup is “bullish for bonds, bearish for the dollar, and neutral for equities in the near term," according to TIAA Wealth Management’s chief investment officer.

Fortune

Jerome Powell warns there's 'no risk-free path' to avoid stagflation: 'We have a situation where we have two-sided risk'

The Fed chair kept remarking on the current fix he's in, calling it "quite an unusual situation."

Benzinga

Tech Stocks Surge As Fed Cuts Rates, Powell Signals More Easing Ahead

Tech stocks rallied Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered a 25-basis-point rate cut and Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled more easing could be coming — a shift partly driven by a cooling labor market and growing downside risks to employment.

Kiplinger

Dow Hits New Intraday High on Fed Day: Stock Market Today

Not even the most important stock in the world could keep the oldest equity index down on a significant day for markets.

Axios

Fed cuts rates 0.25 point, reacting to weak job numbers

With Trump clamoring for cheaper money, Fed policymakers delivered the first rate cut of the year.

The Guardian - US

Federal Reserve cuts US interest rates for first time since December

Central bank moves to set rates at range between 4 and 4.25% but decision unlikely to satisfy Donald Trump

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