Fed Chair Jerome Powell may seriously disappoint Wall Street at Jackson Hole “It will be difficult for policymakers to tease out one-off tariff effects from longer-lasting inflationary pressures.” Fortune · Aug 17, 2025
Powell, Trump Talks and Other Can't Miss Items this Week Markets enter a potentially pivotal week as the S&P 500 navigates significant geopolitical developments and the year's most anticipated monetary policy speech. Barchart · Aug 17, 2025
Firing BLS Director Over Weak Jobs Report Is 'Banana Republic' Behavior If a Democratic president tried to so directly politicize an independent agency, Republicans would be screaming about the coming tyranny. Reason · Aug 15, 2025
5 Housing Markets Could See a Surge in Prices if Chairman Powell Cuts Interest Rates If the Fed cuts rates, these 5 housing markets could see home prices skyrocket—find out which cities may lead the next real estate boom. GOBankingRates · Aug 15, 2025
Inflation or jobs: Federal Reserve officials are divided over competing concerns Federal Reserve policymakers will be debating whether stubborn inflation or slower hiring is the bigger problem for the economy as they prepare for an annual conference in Jackson, Wyoming, next week and a crucial policy meeting in September The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025
Markets Weigh Earnings and Inflation: Stock Market Today The major U.S. indexes struggled Thursday amid a hot inflation reading and seasonal headwinds. Kiplinger · Aug 14, 2025
BlackRock exec Rick Rieder says this is the ‘best investing environment ever.’ He’s conveniently in the running for next Fed chairman While Rieder’s dovish stance aligns with President Trump’s, the BlackRock exec’s acknowledgment of tariff-driven inflation may test his appeal at the White House. Fortune · Aug 14, 2025
Bessent Wants Aggressive Fed Rate Cuts: 'We Should Be 150-175 Points Lower' U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said interest rates are too restrictive and signaled the Trump administration supports an aggressive monetary easing cycle beginning as soon as September. Benzinga · Aug 13, 2025
Markets have convinced themselves they’ll get a September base rate cut. Now they’re eyeing a double reduction Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for 50 bps to offset missed opportunities earlier this summer, but some analysts warn that rising core inflation to 3.1% and upcoming jobs data could still delay action. Fortune · Aug 13, 2025
Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Advance After Hitting Fresh Record—CoreWeave, Cisco, CarParts.Com Earnings In Focus U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday after Tuesday’s rally. Futures of major benchmark indices were higher. Benzinga · Aug 13, 2025
S&P 500 Jumps To Fresh All-Time Highs After Inflation Data: Investor Sentiment Improves, Fear Index Remains In 'Greed' Zone The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed further improvement in the overall market sentiment, while the index remained in the “Greed” zone on Tuesday. Benzinga · Aug 13, 2025
'Maybe, he ought to just focus on being a DJ': Trump rips Goldman Sachs CEO Trump insisted "Trillions of Dollars are being taken in on Tariffs.” Several sources calculate the trillion-dollar mark to be years away. Fortune · Aug 12, 2025
Trump doubles down on stance that customers will not have to pay price of tariffs IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025
Trump threatens to sue the ‘loser’ he appointed for saving the economy from complete devastation It's like Trump is trying to crash the economy on purpose. We Got This Covered · Aug 12, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025 Trump fumes and again insists companies pay tariffs not consumers as he bashes criticism of his plan ‘Consumers aren’t even paying these Tariffs, it is mostly Companies and Governments,’ Trump continues to claim.
Benzinga · Aug 12, 2025 Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 Hit New All-Time Highs, Airlines Jump: What's Moving Markets Tuesday? Wall Street is in full rally mode after July’s inflation data eased fears that tariff-related cost pressures were widespread. The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in below expectations, holding steady at 2.7% year-over-year and fueling speculation of upcoming interest rate cuts.
Al Jazeera · Aug 12, 2025 Trump threatens ‘major lawsuit’ against Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell US president has pressured Powell to lower interest rates and criticised him for the Federal Reserve’s renovation costs.
Benzinga · Aug 12, 2025 Trump Slams Powell, Defends Tariffs As Economists Eye Fed Cuts U.S. inflation in July offered a split verdict for policymakers, with cooling headline prices but hotter core readings, fueling market bets on a September Fed rate cut and prompting President Donald Trump to publicly pressure Jerome Powell once again.
Fortune · Aug 12, 2025 Trump threatens legal action against Powell over Fed HQ, demands immediate rate cuts as inflation holds steady Trump returned to his sharp critiques of the Fed chair, saying: “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell must NOW lower the rate” after the inflation report came in a bit cooler than expected.
Fortune · Aug 12, 2025 Jerome Powell’s job just got a whole lot easier as inflation data sidesteps disaster July inflation data suggests the FOMC’s dual mandate may not be in as much of a pickle as economists previously feared.
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025 Asian shares advance on relief that Trump is delaying higher China tariffs Asian shares are mostly higher after President Donald Trump delayed raising tariffs on China for another 90 days
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025 Inflation likely moved higher last month as tariffs bite, putting the Fed in bind Inflation likely ticked up in July for the third straight month as tariffs lift the cost of imported goods such as furniture, appliances, and toys, which could make it harder for the Federal Reserve to cut short-term interest rates as President Donald Trump has demanded
Benzinga · Aug 11, 2025 September Fed Rate Cut? Goldman, JPMorgan Make The Same Call Economic tremors ripple across financial markets as shifting global dynamics push major banks to alter their interest rate forecasts. J.P. Morgan now expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 25 basis points at its September meeting, moving up its forecast from December.
Fortune · Aug 11, 2025 One FOMC dissenter might have just called out the Fed on criticism for its shifting base rate policy Citing sharp downward revisions to U.S. job growth, Bowman reiterated her forecast for three cuts this year while warning that declining data reliability complicates policymaking.
Fortune · Aug 11, 2025 Trump said foreign countries would 'eat' tariffs—but U.S. consumers and businesses will actually pay 75% at best Goldman Sachs estimates U.S. consumers now shoulder two-thirds of President Trump’s new tariff costs, with more companies planning to pass them on in the future.