US - Fed 04 (Apr 21 - Dec 25)

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Fed lowers rates by quarter point, signals two cuts for 2025
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/u ... -cuts-2025

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Elon Musk: "The Fed Is Absurdly Overstaffed"
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/elon- ... verstaffed

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FOMC Minutes Show 'Almost All' Fed Members See Higher Inflation Risks, Cite Trump Policies
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fomc-minutes-9

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Trump has just slammed Powell, saying that he and the Fed “failed to stop the problem they created with Inflation” and that they’ve done a “terrible job on bank regulation.”

Source: Investor Place

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Powell says Fed doesn't need to be in a hurry to lower rates
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/u ... ower-rates

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POWELL: WOULD USE QUANTITATIVE EASING ONLY WHEN RATES ARE AT ZERO
https://x.com/DeItaone/status/1889343627572162925

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Potential changes for the Fed’s closely watched “dot plot” interest-rate projections

US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Friday (Mar 7) signalled potential changes for the Fed’s closely watched “dot plot” interest-rate projections as part of a broad policy framework review underway at the US central bank and expected to wrap up by the end of summer.

It remains to be seen if the Trump administration’s tariff plans will prove to be inflationary, mapping out a checklist of things that could cause new import taxes to lead to more persistent price pressures.

Source: Phillips

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QT Tapering: the Fed will slow the pace of runoff of its securities holdings beginning next month by cutting the monthly cap on Treasury securities redemption to $5 billion from $25 billion


Fed Holds Rates, Signals QT Taper; Blames Trump 'Uncertainty' For Stagflationary Outlook
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fomc-26

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The Fed’s balance sheet is now at its lowest level since May 2020, down over $2.2 trillion from its peak in April 2022.

How much more QT is needed to unwind all of the QE from March 2020 – April 2022?

$2.6 trillion.
https://x.com/charliebilello/status/1905658251393261997

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Powell
https://x.com/FedGuy12/status/1914315628841673078