Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Consensus Begins to Crack Up
Waller and Bowman: The New Trumpian Doves For much of this year, the Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady after a series of cuts in late 2024. But that ...
Tag: Interest rates
Why the bond market matters for your finances and the economy
A selloff hit U.S. Treasury bonds overnight, sending bond yields soaring and triggering concern about assets that typically serve as a safe-haven investment during moments of instability for stocks. Bond ...
Rates inch closer to 7%
Mortgage interest rates have spiked for the second day in a row. According to Zillow, the 30-year mortgage rate for home purchases is up 18 basis points since yesterday at ...
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed Isn’t Buying the Media’s Tariff Panic
Powell Refuses to Take the Media’s Tariff Panic Bait The financial press is hyperventilating about Trump’s tariffs, but the Federal Reserve’s latest Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) makes clear the ...
Fed Holds Rates Steady as Inflation Stays Stubborn, Growth Slows
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, holding steady at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent for a second consecutive meeting as officials signaled that inflation remains ...
Donald Trump Tariffs Smack Markets, Dow Plunges As Canada, Mexico & China Retaliate
Tariffs of 25% on Canada and Mexico, announced then delayed a month ago, that took effect overnight, hit stocks today in a broad-based selloff following a steep drop Monday. The ...
Breitbart Business Digest: Why Trump Is Right That Tariffs and Rate Cuts Go Hand in Hand
How Tariffs Could Push the Fed to Cut Rates Heads exploded across the establishment financial press on Wednesday when President Donald Trump proclaimed that tariffs and lower rates go hand ...
Breitbart Business Digest: Scott Bessent Explains Trump’s Interest Rate Policy
Bessent Explains the Trump Is Not Demanding Rate Cuts Now We got some powerful support this week for our argument that President Donald Trump is not demanding that the Federal ...
Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Plays Nice with Trump
Powell Sticks to His Lane, Frustrating Reporters Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell did a fine job at his press conference Wednesday of staying out of the way of politics despite ...
Breitbart Business Digest: The Era of Fed Cuts Is Over
The Fed’s Been Wrong About the Economy for Years The Federal Reserve’s rate-cutting cycle has very likely come to an end—although it may take Fed officials several months to figure ...
