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26 Aug 2025

So Lisa Cook is fighting Trump by using his own rules

1) Attack; 2) Deny: 3) Never Show Defeat Will it work?

25 Aug 2025

"The disappointment is that Mr. Powell and the Fed ignored the need for larger changes at the central bank."

This and the passage below are from the Wall Street Journal's editorial on Federal Reserve Chair Powell's Jackson Hole speech. Source: WSJ, Mo El Erian on X

22 Aug 2025

"Investors warn of ‘new era of fiscal dominance’ in global markets: Combination of record government debt and rising borrowing costs puts central banks under pressure."

Source: Mo El Erian, LSEG, FT

22 Aug 2025

September rate cut odds have plunged to 57% on Polymarket over the past few days—did Powell’s speech leak?

Source: Tom @TradingThomas3

21 Aug 2025

🔴 Donald Trump calls on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign ‼️

The demand comes hours after Bill Pulte, a staunch ally of the US president, published a letter claiming the central bank official had ‘falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms. Source: FT

21 Aug 2025

Periods of acute monetary policy uncertainty are Buy Signals.

October 1987, the Iraq-Kuwait recession, September 11th, the 2003 "jobless recovery," Covid lockdowns. These are times to buy the US stock market, not sell it. At 358, the MPU index is about as high as ever. Bullish. Source: Jeff Weniger @JeffWeniger

20 Aug 2025

Stocks and rate-cut expectations have decoupled significantly since the start of the Summer... will they start to move in sync after Jackson Hole ?

Source: zerohedge

18 Aug 2025

🚨 JPMorgan now expects the Fed to cut rates four times in 2025, starting as early as September and bringing the benchmark down to 3.25%–3.5%.

Source: CryptosRus @CryptosR_Us

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