Fed Should Consider Cutting Rates In July With Tame Inflation Data

June 20, 2025

Catenaa, Friday, June 20, 2025- US Federal Reserve should consider cutting interest rates at its next meeting, given recent tame inflation data and short-lived shock from Trump tariffs, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Friday. “Any tariff inflation … I don’t think is going to be that big and we should just look through it […]

Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Rises In June After Rate Hold

July 31, 2025

Catenaa, Thursday, July 31, 2025- The US Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed price increases accelerated in June as inflation remained above the Fed’s 2% target. The “core” Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index, which strips out food and energy costs and is closely watched by the central bank, rose 0.3% from the prior month, in […]

Goldman Sachs Raises Year End S&P 500 Target To 6,600

July 8, 2025

Catenaa, Tuesday, July 08, 2025– Goldman Sachs raised their year-end targets for the S&P 500 index to 6,600 on Tuesday, broadly driven by reduced policy uncertainty, corporate earnings and potential rate cuts. Goldman Sachs upped their target to 6,600 from 6,100, implying an upside of about 6% respectively to the last close of 6,229.28. This […]

JPMorgan Cheif Dimon Says Can’t Rule Out US Stagflation Risk

May 22, 2025

Catenaa, Thursday, May 22, 2025- JPMorgan Chase Chairman Jamie Dimon said stagflation risk can’t be ruled out for the US economy as the country faces huge risks from geopolitics, deficits and price pressures. Speaking to Bloomberg on the sidelines of the lender’s Global China Summit in Shanghai on Thursday, he said they don’t agree that […]

Most Fed Officials Sees Inflation Greater Risk To US Economy

August 21, 2025

Catenaa, Thursday, August 21, 2025- Most US Federal Reserve officials highlighted inflation risks as outweighing concerns over the labor market at their meeting last month. Officials acknowledged worries over higher inflation and weaker employment, but a majority of the 18 policymakers in attendance “judged the upside risk to inflation as the greater of these two […]

Powell Indicates That Current Conditions May Warrent Rate Cut

August 22, 2025

Catenaa, Friday, August 22, 2025- US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said that sweeping changes in tax, trade and immigration policies have resulted in the shifting of the balance of risks between employment and stable prices. In his much-anticipated speech at the Fed’s annual conclave in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the central bank leader […]

Powell Says Rate Cut Waits for Tariff Clarity

June 24, 2025

Catenaa, Tuesday, June 24, 2025- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that it is well-positioned to wait on any interest rate cuts until it gains clarity on the inflation impact from Trump tariffs. “For the time being, we are well-positioned to wait to learn more about the likely course of the economy before […]

Trump Asks Fed Board To Assume Powell’s Power

August 1, 2025

Catenaa, Friday, August 01, 2025- US President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to assume the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell if rates are not slashed. If Powell doesn’t “substantially” lower rates, “THE BOARD SHOULD ASSUME CONTROL, AND DO WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS HAS TO BE DONE!” Trump said […]

Trump Says Fed Should Cut Rates By One Percentage Point

June 6, 2025

Catenaa, Friday, June 06, 2025- US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates by a full percentage point to boost the economy. “Europe has had 10 rate cuts, we have had none. Despite (Powell), our Country is doing great. Go for a full point,” Trump wrote in […]

Trump Slams Fed, Demands 2.5 Percent Rate Cut

June 18, 2025

Catenaa, Wednesday, June 18, 2025– US President Donald Trump has called for a huge reduction in US interest rates and asked whether he can “appoint myself” at the Federal Reserve, hours before the Fed announcement. “We should be two [percentage] points lower; it would be nice to be two-and-a-half points lower,” Trump said at the […]